I am exhausted! I’m still putting my room back together so I’m trying to find somewhere to put all the junk (much of which will be black sacked because it is useless!) But I have managed to get some fiction done tonight. Only a couple fo hundred words but it’s still a couple of hundred words. Owen has sent me the first few pages of his new story which takes place in the Project Apollo universe. I’ve had to remind him that we still havent finished another story set in the same universe so I’m going to put much of my solo projects on hold so we can get a presentable draft completed. As my printer is out of ink and money still being put into my car (grrrrrrr) I’ve asked Owen to print me off a copy of the story so I can make a few notes and get cracking with tidying it up. something I’m tempted to do during this editing process is to read the story out loud to myself to see how it sounds out loud. I’ve heard a few writers mention that they do this so I’m going to give it a go.
Seeing as the spellcheck is going to go crazy when I hit it I’m going to wrap this up and get to bed. *Tired Peter makes lots of typos!* Night all.
A couple of hundred words is fantastic 🙂
Sleep well.
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Hi Kate, thanks its been a pain trying to get words written while I’ve been decorating so it’s feeling good getting some writing done again 🙂
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Reading out loud what you write is a very good idea. It is the best way to know if the words sound right and the best way to find typos. My tutor in Oxford mentioned it, and I forgot to tell you when I saw you 😀
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It’s a method that I’ve known of for a while but I’ve never done it, but I’m hearing more writers talk about it so I’m going to give it a try 🙂
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It is worth the effort. I do it with my Little Nani stories, and even move around my magic wand like her to see if it is effective LOL 😛
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I shall give it a go then 😀
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Have you and Owen thought of co=operating by using Adobe Reader 10, Peter … ?
The comment making facility will be VERY handy …
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Hi Paul, I havent mate. I’m a technology retard so I didnt even know that it excisted. I quite like the Word comment system but Im still a huge fan of making notes on paper with a red pen. Call me old fashioned but it seems to work for me 🙂
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