Passing on some advice
Dan Goodman
22. Your writing style will actually change over the course of a single
day, not just over the course of your lifetime. I write very crisp,
sharp prose in the morning, and very purple, rambling prose at
midnight. My sentences start turning into spaghetti around ten o'clock
at night. A finished work is going to need to stick to one of these
styles of prose, and I need to be aware of that when I'm editing,
because otherwise, the transition can be so organic that it isn't
visible until someone else gets a look and starts screaming at me for
blinding them with adjectives.
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Dan Goodman
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Sandi K
> One bit of writing advice which I haven't seen anywhere before:
>
> 22. Your writing style will actually change over the course of a single
> day, not just over the course of your lifetime. I write very crisp,
> sharp prose in the morning, and very purple, rambling prose at
> midnight. My sentences start turning into spaghetti around ten o'clock
> at night. A finished work is going to need to stick to one of these
> styles of prose, and I need to be aware of that when I'm editing,
> because otherwise, the transition can be so organic that it isn't
> visible until someone else gets a look and starts screaming at me for
> blinding them with adjectives.http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/14069
.htm
>
> --
> Dan Goodman
> "I have always depended on the kindness of stranglers."
> Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Expire
> Journalhttp://dsgood.livejournal.com
> mirror 1: http://dsgood.insanejournal.com
> mirror 2:http://dsgood.wordpress.com
> Linkshttp://del.icio.us/dsgood
Dan,
The timing of your editing matters, too. Last night, while editing a
bit of flash fiction written last month, I noticed that my story was
incredibly slow-moving and wordy. Funny how something written on a
lazy weekend can take on the attitude of the moment. Of course, it
being a Wednesday night and having a few different deadlines to meet,
I edited it with a "slash & burn" approach. The result was far more
precise and to the point.
-Sandi Wahl
Bill Penrose
> One bit of writing advice which I haven't seen anywhere before:
>
> 22. Your writing style will actually change over the course of a single
> day,
For the first hour of the day, I type 'I want coffee, I want coffee'
over and over again.
DB
Bill Penrose
>
> 22. Your writing style will actually change over the course of a single
> day, not just over the course of your lifetime. I write very crisp,
> sharp prose in the morning,
Dead link. But she's on my Livejournal Friends list. 'Discount
Apocalypse' indeed!
DB