I’ve only been at this writing thing for a short time. The mistakes I continue to make are still quite amateurish in nature. My first draft is peppered with way too many shrugs and sighs, smiles and frowns, laughs and nods, and it’s agony reading the manuscript aloud and crafting new ways to move the story along.
Wedding at the Happy Valley Motor Inn and Resort is in the final stretch of editing and revising, but I still have to ferret out all the overused words. It’s too bad there’s not a random word generator that would automatically substitute a more unique or seldom used word into a work in progress. (Note to self: “use ferret occasionally.”)
Action beats, such as “Paula folded a dishrag and slung it over her shoulder,“ work well in place of shrugging and sighing and smiling, etc., but the caveat there is in not crossing over into stage direction and/or telling vs. showing. I have to confess, I’m a teller. Showing is so hard.
I seem to take two steps backward for every step forward. I blame my background in teaching and training. So why do I keep writing? For the joy of screwing up, I guess.
I’m on my second read aloud pass through. The number of smiles is declining; however, I’ve noticed that grins are on the uptick. Coincidence? I really doubt it.
Peace, people!
Praying for Eyebrowz 
You know I’m modeling what I’m doing after you, right? This is a hoot. Creating these characters – I’m remembering how you made your characters so incredibly believable in an absolutely wacky situation.
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Oh mercy! It is fun. And such a responsibility!
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And thank you!
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You’re working so hard. It will be terrific. I trust you.
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I’m sick to death of it at this point, but hoping it’ll be worth it in end.
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It will be worth it. I can tell you are ready to move on.
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Indeed I am.
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At least you know what you must do – and you seem to be doing better than all right
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The first book is doing surprisingly well. I hope at some point I’ll be able to discern and incorporate some of the finer points of writing AS I write and not as an afterthought or revision..
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I have no doubt that you will
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I’m glad one of us has confidence in me.
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🙂
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Keep at it. You’ll get better and better!
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I sure hope so!
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