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AbigailThornton
Over 90 days ago
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Quote by WellMadeMale
You're reading an engrossing story, devouring the words your favorite author has painted upon the pages for you to enjoy. When your eyes see it, your brain stutters a smidge and you have to stop, in place and reread the sentence to make sure your own internal wiring didn't just short-circuit.
This kind of thing throws me off. Quite a bit actually. To find such a glaring mistake inside the pages of a best seller, is remarkable to me. I'll keep reading the story though, but I lose a bit of trust in the editors ability to proofread correctly.
If I see many of these types of mistakes inside a story on a website such as Lush, I'll dump the story I find them in and won't even bother to finish it. Nor will I desire to read anything else from the author, even though it's the editors fault.
Here, we are mostly our own editor though.
I do love this particular Stephen King short story. The movie was, of course, jacked up six different ways to Sunday.
Do these types of mistakes irk you, too?
'Ability' and 'fault' are qualities belonging to the editor. As such, Editors needs a possessive apostrophe: either editor's for a single editor or editors' (or editors's) for multiple editors.
While I'm being picky, proofreaders correct spelling, grammar and layout while editors check content, impose consistent (house or author) styles and reword or rewrite text. Editors proofread but proofreaders don't edit.
When I'm reading, I notice mistakes but I know how difficult it is to make something perfect, so I don't let it bother me. One of Rachel Cain's revivalist series had five errors in the space of two pages - that did 'kick me out of the story'. I guess someone was having a bad day but it makes me feel better when I find mistakes in my own stories!!
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Quote by pricklypear
having OCD tendencies, yes. simple spelling/grammatical errors bug me.
which is probably a lil' hypocritical since i'm too lazy to capitalize the first words in a sentence or i/i'm. but yeah. more people need grammar slam in their life. :P
He reminds me of some of my teachers!!
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(Snooker reference - imagine John Virgo whispering in your ear) "Oooh, looks like he's going to leave the easy pink and take the difficult brown."
(Star Wars re-write) - "The target area is only two centimeters wide. It's a small brown exhaust port, right below the pink port. Your shaft should lead directly into the rectal system."
(Star Wars re-write) - "The target area is only two centimeters wide. It's a small brown exhaust port, right below the pink port. Your shaft should lead directly into the rectal system."
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Quote by jollyjack
Only with a golden umbrella .....Ella ......Ella
I love that song!! It's going to be going through my head all day.
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Quote by gdtm07
Ladies, what signs do you give that you are interested in having an affair? Some flirting or touching is pretty obvious, but what subtle signs do you give?
If a woman makes the decision to actually have an affair, it's extremely unlikely that she'd then be subtle with the object of her desire - what would be the point?
I might be reading too much into your words but it is not safe to assume that a married woman who is 'touchy and flirty' is in any way interested in having an affair. Only if she grips your cock through your trousers would it be safe to call it 'pretty obvious'. Anything short of that is almost certainly entirely innocent.
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Quote by LovingHer17
Ok so the problem is,I come up with a lot of good ideas for stories.And I write here and there but not the amount like I want.Anyone else have this problem?If so please share.
I have had a friend tell me that taking a hour out of your day writing 500-1000 words everyday can help make writing easier.And that also to not have social media open because it can be a distraction,which I have a habit of doing when I wanna write.^_^
LOL,more tips and advice are wanted and needed.I wanna hear what other ways you all have for dealing with this.
You have to be disciplined (no, not spanked - except Sprite if she reads this!!) If you've got a goal in mind about how many words you want to write in a day / week / month you need to set targets. I sometimes unplug my network and don't allow myself to plug back in until I've got to 1000 words.
Try this:
Night one: Sketch out the storyline of a new story. Set your characters, what they do and where and why.
Night two: Write at least 500 words. Remember that you don't have to start at the beginning.
Night three: Read what you have written, amend as necessary. Write until you have at least 1000 words in total.
Night four: Read what you have written, amend as necessary. Write until you have at least 1500 words in total.
Keep doing this until the story is finished.
Do something else for a couple of days.
Come back to your story and read it through. Correct mistakes and improve it.
Leave it for another couple of days. Carefully proofread for punctuation and spelling.
Publish it.
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Special congratulations to Noreasonneeded, Tashtego, and naughtyannie - very well done to all the other guys and gals who wrote such great pieces for this comp.
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That's a very good list - I think most people would be looking for all of that in a relationship. I love that you tell me off sometimes...I don’t want a pushover. (Keep that bit a secret)
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Quote by LovingHer17
Okay guys and girls i'm back asking something new again.Okay I just wanna know how this would be done in writing I know it's possible in writing but what would it look like?I plan to write some stories where I want to be able to transition to another scene.
So please show example's of how you would form it in your stories,and if you have already done that in some stories please share some advice or tips you may have.Thank you.^_^
On Lush, my transitions look like this ***** or o-O-o for a major transition.
A transition is simply taking a reader from one scene to another. Make sure you have brought your first scene to a satisfying conclusion and then place a marker of some kind (be consistent) and then set about setting the new scene.
As an example, here's my opening from 'Not Dead' here on Lush:
As the Earth wheels through space, the vast majority of its inhabitants are oblivious to the eternal war that is about to be reignited.
Equinox. Equilibrium - a deadly alignment. The enemy is massing. Not here in our world but in another place, another side that's not parallel, nor a shadow world, although it is dark. It's just… separate, misaligned; two worlds inhabiting the same location but oblivious of each other. Except for the special days of perfect symmetry, when night and day become equal and the Earth slips into phase with its toxic twin.
Cultural memories warn of what happens when the membrane between these two realities softens; in places they weaken to the point where they become permeable. As darkness falls, things slip through. Things not of this Earth. Hungry things, looking to feast.
Harvest Festival was not always what it is today: Harvest Festival was a joyous celebration by the Equinox’s survivors. Those who had hidden themselves well; those who had fought off the Army of Darkness; those who had not been taken; those who had not been harvested.
Through the centuries the Fables became confused by mistranslations and forgotten meanings. ‘Harvest Festival’ was corrupted, its true meaning adapted and adopted for something else.
On this night of equals, the hunters became the hunted. Oh, there was feasting alright...
Only a thin veneer held back the darkness. They alone protected the Earth, allowed it to resist the rising tide of death and destruction. They were the chosen few. Some were warriors, some were sacrifices; some were more willing than others. This is their tale…
o-O-o
Rocks are never comfortable. Even when you alter the molecular structure of a rock to mould it to the exact shape of your backside, there is the matter of the hardness and the cold to consider. Especially when you are expected to sit watch all night in the middle of a peat bog.
"What an inconvenient place to locate a reality door," Angharath muttered.An idea formed in the wizard's head.
This story starts by giving the reader a background, a definition within which everything else happens. It's like the 20 second voice-over at the beginning of the 'A-Team'
I call it 'world-building' but whatever you call it, it sets the foundation for what comes next. I used 'o-O-o' to denote the transition as what follows is the start of the story proper; then I set the scene (sitting on a rock in a peat bog) and introduced a main character (Angharath) and told you he's a wizard. He doesn't seem like a warrior and he doesn't seem willing but as to the feasting... well perhaps you should read the story to see who gets to do the feasting.
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I like being addicted to Lush - I don't really see it as being a problem ;)
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This morning I'm wearing Victoria Beckham Intimately Yours. Definitely a favourite of mine.
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I've got so many pretty panties that it'd be a shame not to wear them (so only when I'm not allowed to).
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I dated the bloke next door when I was at university, although I wouldn't say he 'seduced' me - he was hardly a wine-and-dine kind of chap; more of a, 'You coming down the pub, or what?'
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Women are attracted to men for all sorts of reasons but I can honestly say that I've never thought, 'Oooh, that guy's just like Dad, let me at him!'
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ROTFL!!So glad I hadn't taken a sip of my tea, else my monitor would have been wearing it.
(Thanks, Miss Sprite!!)
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Quote by NickiC
I needed to eat and pay rent. (smile in good humor)
She tried to sell her ponytails for a pair of shoes in Chinatown.
But was arrested for misselling when they realised they weren't tails from actual ponies.
Sells worn underwear on ebay. She didn't wear it.
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Because she stole my underwear. Again. (I like American accents)
