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Somehow I can picture your mother being sticky for grammar; it suits what you have already shown us of her character. Looking forward to the read!
posted by
adnohr
on November 30, 2012 at 3:16 AM
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yes it is so hard to show and not tell....i have a hard time explaining it to other authors....just let your characters "speak for themselves". I find that the easiest way to edit...good luck and again Kudos!!!!!
posted by
Annicita
on November 29, 2012 at 7:50 PM
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PatB
I took myself down to my shop to do woodwork for Kabu, plugged in Willie Nelson and was in touch with the real me too.
posted by
WileyJohn
on November 29, 2012 at 4:51 PM
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I suppose being a writer is like being an artist or a musician. There are rights and wrongs, and excepted do's and don'ts, but in the end, you must find your own style. I believe that this is what you're trying to accomplish, as we all are! 
posted by
JimmyA
on November 29, 2012 at 2:12 PM
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I am really looking forward to this book as well. Now you have successfully
met the 50,000 words mark you have the bones for your great masterpiece. the story and the people that you know the most about.
posted by
Kabu
on November 29, 2012 at 12:43 PM
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Re: Tolkien's style and 'voice' altered with who he was writing about
going from the very homey hobbity 'voice' to the high, noble 'voice' when he was writing of the Kings and the larger tale. Some readers criticize it. I am not one of them.
posted by
Ciel
on November 29, 2012 at 9:03 AM
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Tolkien
posted by
Ciel
on November 29, 2012 at 9:01 AM
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You kidding Pat I don't know many big words, but I am a little rat when I see folk use them in poems in the wrong context. I think older people were taught grammar,if they had an education, but very often not when to use it. Basically not being a scholar, I don't think it matters a damn as long as it defines what one means to oneself and of course if lucky to a reader. Tra la la.
posted by
C_C_T
on November 29, 2012 at 7:13 AM
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Pat
I know what you mean by the 'professorial tone', LOL - but 'show, not tell' is always best. Mind you. I've been off cheeseburgers for a while now...
posted by
Nautikos
on November 29, 2012 at 6:16 AM
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