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feuervogel) wrote2011-04-01 05:03 pm
feuervogel) wrote2011-04-01 05:03 pm
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My favorite part(s) of editing.
a. Cutting the parts you revised and seeing your daily word count cut in half.
b. Finding a sentence that you have no idea what it means or what it even relates to.
c. Getting to the end of a scene and realizing it's all either repetition, irrelevant, or breaks continuity, cutting it, and negating the last two days' word count.
Net word count for the day: -152. Total word count 76514. 91 days to go.
Nikolaides shushed them. “Shahin’s about to score.”
Everyone’s attention turned to the screen as Gündogan dribbled up the pitch and passed to Sukur. Shahin was open, and Sukur sent him a long pass right past a pair of defenders. Shahin sent it into the top corner of the net, right past the keeper’s reach, breaking the scoreless draw at the end of overtime and keeping it from going to a penalty shootout. No matter how many times he saw that goal, pride in his home swelled in Atesh’s chest.
Yes, there's football in my space opera. Yes, these players are all named for actual football players. One plays for Germany, one for Turkey, and one is retired (played for Turkey).
b. Finding a sentence that you have no idea what it means or what it even relates to.
c. Getting to the end of a scene and realizing it's all either repetition, irrelevant, or breaks continuity, cutting it, and negating the last two days' word count.
Net word count for the day: -152. Total word count 76514. 91 days to go.
Nikolaides shushed them. “Shahin’s about to score.”
Everyone’s attention turned to the screen as Gündogan dribbled up the pitch and passed to Sukur. Shahin was open, and Sukur sent him a long pass right past a pair of defenders. Shahin sent it into the top corner of the net, right past the keeper’s reach, breaking the scoreless draw at the end of overtime and keeping it from going to a penalty shootout. No matter how many times he saw that goal, pride in his home swelled in Atesh’s chest.
Yes, there's football in my space opera. Yes, these players are all named for actual football players. One plays for Germany, one for Turkey, and one is retired (played for Turkey).
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I'd totally be on that panel. I know there are some American football fans in the Dragon*Con lj community, and they get rather impatient with people casting Football Fans as evil jackasses and ex-jocks. Harumph.
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Also: harumpf.
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