topic: word cheat counting and conversations
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went thru and added up all the extra text that i can't use now, but will use later (is this cheating?) and it came up to 42,000 words. great start.
the story is shaping up pretty well. much to add. much to go back over. things to look at. people to kill.
i have found myself explaining things better the second time than the first time in several instances. i will re-read and say: "gee! didn't i explain this before?" and go thru and delete the first part or add the second part into the first. on one occasion, i called it "just a more in-depth look" and kept both parts.
conversations are now easier to write than before. as in the case of screenplay writing, where you have -
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jim - dang it (hits hand with hammer)
alphonse - i know! (shows bandaged thumb of his own)
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you now have -
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"dang it" jim said angrily as the hammer struck his thumb.
surprised and relieved that he was not the only idiot in the room, alphonse held up his thumb to show jim. "i know!"
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which is much easier now that i have been away from screenplays for a while.
that's all for now!
-pauly
p.s. "Proper Capitalization" appears in my book. blogs are a different story.
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went thru and added up all the extra text that i can't use now, but will use later (is this cheating?) and it came up to 42,000 words. great start.
the story is shaping up pretty well. much to add. much to go back over. things to look at. people to kill.
i have found myself explaining things better the second time than the first time in several instances. i will re-read and say: "gee! didn't i explain this before?" and go thru and delete the first part or add the second part into the first. on one occasion, i called it "just a more in-depth look" and kept both parts.
conversations are now easier to write than before. as in the case of screenplay writing, where you have -
------------------------
jim - dang it (hits hand with hammer)
alphonse - i know! (shows bandaged thumb of his own)
------------------------
you now have -
------------------------
"dang it" jim said angrily as the hammer struck his thumb.
surprised and relieved that he was not the only idiot in the room, alphonse held up his thumb to show jim. "i know!"
------------------------
which is much easier now that i have been away from screenplays for a while.
that's all for now!
-pauly
p.s. "Proper Capitalization" appears in my book. blogs are a different story.
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