how to edit a book
I've been busy all week watching TV. Writing also. I'm trying to create a paragraph without the words but, and, so, after all, which, or you...in the approximate order. Can it be done? No sure, perhaps it's not my job, though I am giving it a try.
Went through my 140,000 Smoggy Weather ms. with the find button keyed into "and." Started with 935 examples of "and" in about 70,000 words...doesn't seem like much, does it. But showed up 193 times. I'll report later about how many I could change, delete, keep. By now, I'm about 45 pages into 178, it'll take awhile.
Makes sentences shorter, punchier, hand, sorer, eyes, blearier.
Went through my 140,000 Smoggy Weather ms. with the find button keyed into "and." Started with 935 examples of "and" in about 70,000 words...doesn't seem like much, does it. But showed up 193 times. I'll report later about how many I could change, delete, keep. By now, I'm about 45 pages into 178, it'll take awhile.
Makes sentences shorter, punchier, hand, sorer, eyes, blearier.
posted by megablogger at 6:26 PM
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