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Arting Harder at the Pen Monkey Toiling Pit (Celebrate Them Pages Pt III)
meg_evonne:
Actually adding more words in edit rather than cutting. I'm in shock. I really am improving; as what I've written is tight and strong. I'll still need to cut words to be where I want, but I'm okay w press at this length if need be.
There is a subthread that I'm worried might be an author's little precious, but I hope not. Might even do two versions (1 w/out and 1 with) & then decide.
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Snowleopard:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on June 02, 2014, 03:19:10 PM ---Actually adding more words in edit rather than cutting. I'm in shock. I really am improving; as what I've written is tight and strong. I'll still need to cut words to be where I want, but I'm okay w press at this length if need be.
There is a subthread that I'm worried might be an author's little precious, but I hope not. Might even do two versions (1 w/out and 1 with) & then decide.
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That subthread could be your 'ugly doorknob'. A friend told me about the 'ugly doorknob' theory years ago.
He said that people buying a new house unconsciously or maybe consciously want to be able to change/correct
something so if you give them a really 'ugly doorknob' - they can happily change something and will
tend to be more forgiving of other things elsewhere in the house. I suspect that editors are probably
the same. Give them an 'ugly doorknob' so they can put their 'stamp' on a piece and they may be
less likely to savage other parts of your work. I thought it an interesting theory and a moderately
plausible one.
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meg_evonne:
Snowleopard. Love the ugly doorknob story. Stackpole once in conference said to leave something icky for editors. They'll focus on that rather than other stuff.
I've written every day (except 6*) since 3.22.14.
*More than made up in double session days.
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