Writerly Stuff for 7/2/05
Jul. 2nd, 2005 09:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
raefinlayProgress: 707 words on Elisa's Belly
Words so far: 14,105
Made-up words: N/A
Barely avoided clichés: errant page boy, also the copious noting of Alejandro's eyes in every frickin' scene.
The words I'll hate most to cut: It's hard to keep my hand in Alejandro's. I don't want to give him something of myself so easily because I'm not sure he cares.
Thank God an editor didn't see this: obsessive repetition of "interminable" *adds to list of words she may not use for at least two chapters*
General thoughts: In one scene, I didn't feel like describing stuff (again) so I made Elisa too tired/distracted to notice. *lazy* Then, I re-read and saw that it worked better that way. I guess the moral of the story is to trust my instincts. If I'm bored with something, then the poor reader is probably in reading hell. "Boredom" = "get on with the plot already"
Time for a movie and a glass of wine.
Words so far: 14,105
Made-up words: N/A
Barely avoided clichés: errant page boy, also the copious noting of Alejandro's eyes in every frickin' scene.
The words I'll hate most to cut: It's hard to keep my hand in Alejandro's. I don't want to give him something of myself so easily because I'm not sure he cares.
Thank God an editor didn't see this: obsessive repetition of "interminable" *adds to list of words she may not use for at least two chapters*
General thoughts: In one scene, I didn't feel like describing stuff (again) so I made Elisa too tired/distracted to notice. *lazy* Then, I re-read and saw that it worked better that way. I guess the moral of the story is to trust my instincts. If I'm bored with something, then the poor reader is probably in reading hell. "Boredom" = "get on with the plot already"
Time for a movie and a glass of wine.
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Date: 2005-07-03 09:22 pm (UTC)I think that's one of the rules, isn't it? :-)