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Old 06-18-2009, 05:17 PM   #26
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I edit while I write.

I abuse adverbs.

Sometimes when no one is looking I insert unnecessary exclamation points.

I use too many brackets.

I procrastinate by coming to AW
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Old 06-18-2009, 05:20 PM   #27
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Old 06-18-2009, 05:23 PM   #28
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I describe some characters a bit when they first show up, and others not so much. When the editing day of reckoning comes it will be a busy one.
I abuse adverbs. There. I've said it.
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Old 06-18-2009, 05:24 PM   #29
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I get melodramatic. Seriously, if I had a melodrama-meter, it would explode.
Don't you think you're being just a LITTLE melodramatic about it? I mean, c'mon. Explode?
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Old 06-18-2009, 05:49 PM   #30
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I am the most wishy-washy writer around. I use any technique that gets me to finish my stories. That means on a background of writing mostly organically, I can throw a little outlining in on chapter twelve to get over a sticky point. It means I choose exceptions to writing "conventions" when they best serve the story, but not just because I can (and other writers do it). And as pure heresy to organic writing, I think a scene through before I sit down to write it--I come to the keyboard prepared to write that scene. Then I turn around and betray that organization by letting the scene find it's own path within and even beyond that original framwork. I am both this and that, and everything in between. I am whole-brained (not right or left). And I am unashamed of my vacillating ways because my goal is to finish the stories, not to get all tied up about how I finish them.

I had to push the edit button to edit this message, to add that I edit as I go (!), even though such an editing practice seems to be some sort of poison-tipped arrow around here.
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Old 06-18-2009, 06:05 PM   #31
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I use adjectives instead of adverbs.

Sentence fragments. (Which also leads to semi-colon abuse.)

Lack of dialogue tags. (Replace 'em with action descriptors as much as possible.)

And I make up words like nobody's business.
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Old 06-18-2009, 06:06 PM   #32
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I skip around. All over the place. I currently have most of the beginning of my WP written, a good chunk of the ending, and about a third of the middle. I just go with a spot until I can't think of where to go next, then I jump to somewhere else. It'll all fit together in the end, and it's better than being stuck with writers block, or (worse) not getting a scene down right because I waited to write it.

Points A and C are easy. It's figuring out point B that gets me sometimes.
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Old 06-18-2009, 06:15 PM   #33
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run-on sentences.
My Beta reader once counted 52 words in one sentence...I'm channeling Marcel Proust.

Commas, bless 'em, I'm addicted.

Adverbs, although I'm slowly weaning myself off them.
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Old 06-18-2009, 08:38 PM   #36
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1. I edit as I go, mostly in my head. Thankfully, I've learned to lay off the Delete key once I've typed the words in.

2. I use "just," "that," and adverbs too much.

3. I start the next paragraph before I finish the one I'm working on. I tend to skip ahead one or two paragraphs, never more than that, then go backward. If my writing progress were a piece of yarn, it would be crocheted.

4. I'm compulsive about updating my word count in my sig (like every 50 words).
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*stands up*

My name is Lori, and I edit as I write.

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I'm pretty sure that's not what's meant by passive sentences.

I don't think it's inherently got anything to do with whether the character is acting in a passive/submissive manner.

I think passive sentences (or the 'passive voice') relates to sentence structure and the positioning of the subject of a sentence in relation to the event/action.

eg. the fight was won by our hero.

is a passive sentence, even though our hero won a fight.

whereas:

Our hero won the fight.

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This is my basic understanding, although I'm no grammar expert.
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I edit it as I go too. I can't help it.

I'm also addicted to sentence fragments.

I start too many sentences with "And" and "But." Pages delights in telling me that this is INFORMAL. And WRONG.

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Old 06-18-2009, 08:58 PM   #40
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I use and and (and and and) but quite a bit myself. Having read lots of books that sold millions of copies while doing the same thing makes me stubborn.
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*deep breath*

*stands up*

My name is Lori, and I edit as I write.

*waits for chorus of "Hi Lori", then sits back down*

Um, yeah. Big time. So...


Hi Lori, Hi Lori, Hi Lori, Hi Lori, Hi Lori!

Hi Lori, Hi Lori, Hi Lori, Hi Lori, Hi Lori!

Hi Lori, Hi Lori, Hi Lori, Hi Lori, Hi Lori!

Hi Lori, Hi Lori, Hi Lori, Hi Lori, Hi Lori!

Hi Lori, Hi Lori, Hi Lori, Hi Lori, Hi Lori!
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I finish a chapter and then go back and edit it before moving on. Only once though...I promise!

I totally use adverbs. (sticks out tongue). I'll fix 'em in post!

I use italics like they're going out of style.

The elipse is my friend...

So, when can I expect my flogging?
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I write completely out of order. I've been known to not just jump from chapter to chapter within a single book, but also to jump from book to book within a single writing session.

I also edit as I write. Why not? Saves me work later.

I frequently describe characters when I introduce them. Nothing else makes sense.

I have one book that opens with dialogue.

I sometimes use more than one POV in a single scene.

I seem to use more description than most people on AW say I should, and yet my writing is sparser than 90% of the published fantasy authors I read.
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I write completely out of order. I've been known to not just jump from chapter to chapter within a single book, but also to jump from book to book within a single writing session.
Michael Moorcock wrote two of his novels simultaneously--one in the morning, one in the evening.

He also wrote 15,000 words a day, so he can just go kill himself as far as I'm concerned. >:(
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He also wrote 15,000 words a day, so he can just go kill himself as far as I'm concerned. >
You almost made me spit coffee all over my monitor! I'm still laughing as I type this.
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I make grammar errors, even though I know all the rules etc.

I write my fast-paced action scenes in streams of run-on sentences and no paragraphs and sometimes not even spaces between the damn words because I get caught up in them (which is a pain to fix later).
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Michael Moorcock wrote two of his novels simultaneously--one in the morning, one in the evening.

He also wrote 15,000 words a day, so he can just go kill himself as far as I'm concerned. >
Now that's something to aspire to, I only average about 5,000 words a day when I write. I think once I don't have little kids at home all day long and if I didn't cook and had about 4 solid hours to write I could probably do it, but not yet. Someday.
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Now that's something to aspire to, I only average about 5,000 words a day when I write. I think once I don't have little kids at home all day long and if I didn't cook and had about 4 solid hours to write I could probably do it, but not yet. Someday.
Wow, I must suck. I pretty much have as much time as I want, but I still only average about 2,000 a day. Maybe I'm just too picky.
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