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Mar 31, 2005 23:08:33 GMT -6
Post by Joxcenia on Mar 31, 2005 23:08:33 GMT -6
Stephen King: I took my fair share of English Lit classes in my two remaining years at Lisbon, and my fair share of composition, fiction, and poetry classes in college, but John Gould taught me more than any of them, and in no more than ten minutes. I wish I still had the piece--it deserves to be framed, editorial corrections and all--but I can remember pretty well how it went and how it looked after Gould had combed through it with that black pen of his. Here's an example:
Last night, in the well-loved gymnasium of Lisbon High School, partisans and Jay Hills fans alike were stunned by an athletic performance unequalled in school history. Bob Ransom, known as "Bullet" Bob for both his size and accuracy scored thirty-seven points. Yes, you heard me right. Plus [H]he did it with grace, speed . . . and with an odd courtesy as well, committing only two personal fouls in his knight-like quest for a record which has eluded Lisbon thinclads [players] since the years of Korea [1953]. . .
Gould stopped at "the years of Korea" and looked up at me. "What year was the last record made?" he asked.
Luckily, I had my notes. "1953," I said. Gould grunted and went back to work.
"When you write a story, you're telling yourself the story, " he said. "When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story."
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Feb 17, 2006 19:14:18 GMT -6
Post by Mini Mia on Feb 17, 2006 19:14:18 GMT -6
When editing your work, you should look for repeated words and try to replace a few of them with a different word that has the same meaning. Or rework the sentence so that the word isn't used at all.
Here is a sample of how I revise my own work:
[/b][/font] in the same area where she had been found was discovered. The markings on its adornments matched the markings those on her clothes and adornments accessories.[/ul] Sometimes though, you can't avoid repeating words. So, if you can't find the right word to replace a word one with, or a different way to rework a sentence without using one of the words, just leave the words them in. I mean, what other word can you use to replace 'word'? And if you replace a few of the words 'word' with 'it,' you still have the same problem. [/font]
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Dec 26, 2011 22:56:04 GMT -6
Post by Joxcenia on Dec 26, 2011 22:56:04 GMT -6
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