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McCamy Taylor

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3. I love editing. When I change something awkward to something

Reply to Ozymanithrax (Original post)

Sun Feb 26, 2012, 06:22 PM

Feb 2012

that works, I get this warm glow of satisfaction, sort of like scratching a mosquito bite that has been bugging me for hours.

Be careful when changing tenses. There will be more errors than you realize. Get someone else to proofread in case you miss a few "saids" and a few "lookeds". And be sure to do more than just change the verb tenses. Present tense allows for more gut impressions, more description, more of an emotional roller coaster. First person present tense is probably to best way to get your reader inside the head of your main character.

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Working the Novel...Working it. [View all] Ozymanithrax May 2011 OP

Hey there! onlyadream Dec 2011 #1

Editing is always a slog for me sybylla Dec 2011 #2

I love editing. When I change something awkward to something McCamy Taylor Feb 2012 #3

I think I've hit that next level of editing. Keystone Writer Feb 2012 #5

Standard rule: Edit by subtraction. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #4

Just a quick note... Fearless Apr 2012 #6

Maybe you need to step away from it for a bit. SheilaT Jun 2012 #7

Have you tried the outline/proposal? Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #8