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THANKYOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! okay so he cusses.......alot but he has a point. I have been trying and failing epicly for the past two years to write a novel. I think i actually might be able to finish it, or salvage it for parts. I really don't know. Also i now have support with people who dont really care about my grammer but care about the story. So i dont know, we will have to see.
He is awesome. I read some of his other posts. He's got some great advice. And he's hilarious. What could be better?
I rad a lot of stuff by authors concerning writing...that site is one of the best. Every time I read it, or reread it, something jumps out that helps me over whatever problem I am having.Splitter
C.S. Splitter wrote: "I rad a lot of stuff by authors concerning writing...that site is one of the best. Every time I read it, or reread it, something jumps out that helps me over whatever problem I am having.Splitter"
Some of his stuff could be useful but why oh why does he feel the need to swear like that. Use it if it's in context with your character, but otherwise keep it to yourself, because it really isn't funny at all.
I'm not a prude, I know how to swear in three languages, but I don't do it, and I am raising my daughter to understand that it's okay to know the words but not to put them to music!
Yes, the swearing wasn't funny at all. I actually found it a bit distracting and felt that it took away from the actual important stuff.
Irene wrote: "Yes, the swearing wasn't funny at all. I actually found it a bit distracting and felt that it took away from the actual important stuff."I actually gave up I couldn't get past the language. I would go far as to say that is the original language barrier!
Mind put me in a car on my own and sometimes my language can be colourful! Less here in France, there's less congestion my traffic jams consist of the occasional old lady who can just see over the top of the steering wheel or tractors!
I pushed past the language, but if there had been any more i wouln't have been able to finish.
Irene wrote: "I pushed past the language, but if there had been any more i wouln't have been able to finish."Hi Irene sorry I went awol yesterday July 14th picnic by the lake! Do you use the readability Flesch Kincaid tool in Word? If not it's easy to set up and it helps with spelling grammer cliches the lot. I used it on my novel.
Click on to tools, scroll down to options click on it scroll down to readability scores/grade level and tick the box. Then run your novel through the spell check it will take forever the first time, stick with it. It will highlight all your problems and that way you can see where you have gone wrong!
@Sarah: It's okay, how was your picnic? I actually do use that tool and quite like it, my favorite tool, the only thing is ours doen't highlight it it just pulls up a list and you can eatier click and it takes you there or you can correct it on the list.
Irene wrote: "@Sarah: It's okay, how was your picnic? I actually do use that tool and quite like it, my favorite tool, the only thing is ours doen't highlight it it just pulls up a list and you can eatier click ..."That's mean, I get red and green lines everywhere and a smiley paperclip which pops up to annoy the hell out of me every so often and I then spend the next twenty minutes trying to figure out what key I touched! So I can banish it from whence it came!
Picnic was good not many people turned up which is disappointing for the organisers, people moan there is nothing special happening for the 14th July celebrations and then when one is arranged they don't support it!
I'm sorry about your writting program, if i had one like that it would be really annoying. Although you have to pick an office helper which is a little character that has sugestions, mines a cat and it isn't too bad annoying.
Irene wrote: "I'm sorry about your writting program, if i had one like that it would be really annoying. Although you have to pick an office helper which is a little character that has sugestions, mines a cat an..."Oh No it's not the program that's annoying it's the office helper, as I said mine's an annoying paper clip with a stupid grin on it's face. Makes me want to straighten it out!
Oh, mine was a paper clip but i changed it to a cat which was less annoying. I think you can even turn it off if you desire.
Irene wrote: "Oh, mine was a paper clip but i changed it to a cat which was less annoying. I think you can even turn it off if you desire."Yes Mines turned off but every now and then I hit a key and it re-appears, and I then spend precious time trying to get rid of it, they probably help a lot of people, but they aren't for me!
I'm sorry. I actually need mine on ocasion and then, like with you it would still pop up, so i decided to make it a managable helper (i like cats anyways).
I have just finished my editing, and fingers crossed between, myself, Sharon and the spell check I hope it is free of all errors! I have read it 4 times in two weeks and I hope that now it is word perfect! I am signing it off to be published!
That's really great! Good luck with getting it published and all the other important stuff thay goes with that!
Irene wrote: "That's really great! Good luck with getting it published and all the other important stuff thay goes with that!"Thanks Irene, its' been a long hard slog, writing it was the easy part, my Publishers are waiting for the copy and I in turn am waiting for them to show me which of my cover designs they have chosen.
You're welcome :) what's the name of your book?
Irene wrote: "You're welcome :) what's the name of your book?"The Thin Blue Line - A tale of life, love and unplanned pregnancies!
A couple of quotes from the book.
I made a big mistake letting you get away from me the first time. I married it!
Stop worrying. I thought your mother told you the facts of life, you can't get pregnant just by kissing a man!
How can someone be sort of naked? Either he was or he wasn't!
Sex with you is like my mothers' coffee! Instant!
Interesting, i will have to check it out. Thanks.
http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/...