Author Topic: WTF. thoughts on prowritingaid.com and hemingway and use of program editors?  (Read 8656 times)

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Thank you for all the advice. You guys are awesome.

And that program? Add on that's it's addictive, like I see people hooked on that farm game or candy crush.
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Thank you for all the advice. You guys are awesome.

And that program? Add on that's it's addictive, like I see people hooked on that farm game or candy crush.
New toys always are. Often the problem with authors doing their own editing is they know the story and what should be there, so their mind will automatically fill it in. They end up missing a lot. I usually try and walk away from my own stories for a least week or two before I even attempt to edit them.
 
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I think you guys are far better at this than me. I rest it while adjusting my mind from creative to technique. I'm doing grammar and basics, avoiding plot etc. Sentence by sentence cranking, often back to front. After all that, I head into reading it out loud in order.

You guys already have the basic grammar etc nailed.
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I think you guys are far better at this than me. I rest it while adjusting my mind from creative to technique. I'm doing grammar and basics, avoiding plot etc. Sentence by sentence cranking, often back to front. After all that, I head into reading it out loud in order.

You guys already have the basic grammar etc nailed.

If you mean the process of fixing it up using outside help.  Then yep.

If on the other hand you mean I'm better at basic grammar (snort with stuff coming out my nose) in the early days I was asked if english was my second language (it being my only language)  hahahahahaha!

I just know my weaknesses and while working on them every day I write, I also go and get help!

And yeah editing and creative use different parts of the brain.  My advice, go to editing anonymous and get help!  ahahahahah just a joke  ::)



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I think you guys are far better at this than me. I rest it while adjusting my mind from creative to technique. I'm doing grammar and basics, avoiding plot etc. Sentence by sentence cranking, often back to front. After all that, I head into reading it out loud in order.

You guys already have the basic grammar etc nailed.
When you're writing, the focus is on the story and the scene you're on, grammar is the least thing on your mind. You should see some of the first pass work I've seen. Any author doing grammar checks on their own work, is going to have a hard time. The author knows what should be there so they can miss mistakes. A fresh mind seeing it for the first time, sees what's there.
 

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