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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

The Irony!

About a month ago, I was excitedly keeping track of every word I wrote, eager to make it past the 60k mark, my goal.

Now I'm keeping track of every word I cut, eager to bring my chapters down in length and bring up the action sooner!
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9 comments:

  1. christine MJuly 30, 2008 at 12:50 PM

    What goes up, must come down.

    Or something like that.

    Good luck with your revisions.

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  2. Sheri Perl-OshinsJuly 30, 2008 at 1:58 PM

    Ahhh, the ebb and flow of writing.

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  3. UnknownJuly 30, 2008 at 2:45 PM

    What beautiful images you both have! Me, all I kind think of is cutting through all the fluff with a big machete :)

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  4. Sheri Perl-OshinsJuly 30, 2008 at 5:37 PM

    Sometimes big machetes are swifter.

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  5. Sheri Perl-OshinsJuly 30, 2008 at 5:38 PM

    Oh - but watch out for the double edged sword...

    (I really don't have a clue, it just sounded ominous!) :)

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  6. UnknownJuly 30, 2008 at 8:01 PM

    :)

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  7. PJ HooverJuly 30, 2008 at 10:21 PM

    I so get this! I remember some of my huge word cuts feeling so great!
    I always equate cutting words to giving stuff to Goodwill. Give until it hurts. Then look around and give some more. Seriously. Do you ever really wear that shirt? And you don't need three pairs of blue shoes - even if you do like them all.

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  8. Keri MikulskiJuly 31, 2008 at 6:51 AM

    Cutting is fun. :) Good luck.

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  9. UnknownJuly 31, 2008 at 9:26 AM

    Haha, good analogy, PJ! And thanks, Keri :)

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