Friday, July 31, 2009

Writer's Craft

I'm learning a lot about the craft... I will always be learning a lot about the craft... I vow to never stop learning about the craft...
  1. When I get that vague feeling that something isn't fleshed out enough--it probably isn't, as my editor picks them out every single time.
  2. I still have no control over my comma useage *grumble, grumble* but it is much better.
  3. About 20% of flaws that the editor finds in plot and character, I would miss and I fear I might always miss. I'm hopeful with time and experience that I will learn to recognize them myself.
  4. STOP personifying body parts! (LOL) But why not? It's so much fun!
  5. Editors are infallible. What one editor changes, another will change right back to the original. This was maybe the hardest thing I've learned. Those rules that i would like to think are set in stone are just as wishy washy as life itself.

Also I now have an entire folder dedicated to allmy Anj-isms from my editor.