I spent my entire day doing word searches on Lanternfish. I’m not joking about spending eighth hours on this project. I got all the way to the end, but it necessitates another complete reading of the manuscript now. No idea when I’ll get to that. There are a couple of books I’ve been trying to read, and I’m not finding the time for them.
My daughter showed up from Sun Valley for a few hours today. I stopped all progress, and had a nice visit with her. This is more important than word searches and edits.
One of my goals was to write some new words, and that may not happen. I get a four day weekend, but tomorrow is always an odd day with some personal requirements.
After I posted last night, I spent some time on an outline. In my case, they are storyboards. I made a huge dent in the storyboard for a novella I want to write. It doesn’t seem like much, but it is some progress. About all I have to do now is ramp up the tension points, and check some timelines. I will probably pin some graphics to my board, because they always help, but I could almost start writing it today. I won’t, because I’m working on something else, and haven’t got Lanternfish out the door yet.
Unfortunately, I’ll probably spend the rest of my weekend on edits. Had I dedicated myself to new words, I could have cranked ten-thousand of them over four days. Lamenting this probably isn’t a good idea, but that’s what I’m doing right now.
I’m going to call it a day, crack open another pumpkin beer, then turn on some baseball. There are only a couple of games left this season, and I want to get my money’s worth from the season pass on television.
I’ll hit it again tomorrow.
How do you do the word searches? Is it just for common ones?
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I have a whole list, and thought I was finished. Someone pointed out an and/then error I frequently make. Do you have any idea how many times you write “and” in a manuscript?
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A lot, but I always chalked it up to a major connection word. Up there with ‘the’ and ‘a’. Is ‘and’ that concerning to people?
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My friends are correct. It indicates simultaneous action in some instances, where then is the correct word. Unfortunately, you have to check them all.
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Oh. I thought you just meant using ‘and’ in general. Didn’t realize the difference part. Sorry about that.
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It seems to be my current bad habit. I’m working on it.
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Maybe tomorrow will be better.
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It was productive, because it is necessary. Just wasn’t the fun stuff.
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I get that for sure.
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Editing is drudgery to me and I sympathize, Craig. But, it is necessary, as you well know. I love the idea of adding imagery to a storyboard. Great idea!
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I usually add a few bits and pieces. My app is pretty vibrant, so I can have checklists and all kinds of things.
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Oh wow. Eight hours in word search. Wow. So much for my weekend wishes, eh? At least you’re editing, bringing you one step closer to readers 🙂 And there’s baseball, AND BEER!
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This stuff is maddening, but I allowed myself some fun today. Beer helps with everything.
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Editing has to be done, even if it’s not the most fun part of the whole writing process…
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“Beer helps with everything.” Too funny!
Hope you made a sizeable dent. I hate the review process, too (and I’m an editor!), so I know how you feel.
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It was a reasonable dent. It has to get done, even if I don’t make a death march out of it.
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