Tuesday, August 12, 2008
BAM! Chapter 17 done!
I felt a little better today, but I wrote less. Search me. Oh well... I finished chapter 17 and boy... that chapter ended much differently than what I had expected and with a BAM. A lot happened in that one... I wonder it's like that. Maybe it's sickness that makes me disillusional or something. Anyway... I will start writting 18 tomorrow, then, I will take a break to revise chapter 15, so it can be posted by the end of the month. As for 14, I'm waiting for K.A. and his final proofreading, but it shouldn't be too long. It should be out in a few days. I don't think I have much else to say, so I will go to bed early today. Ciao!
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Congrats, good luck, and all that.
Listen DPL, I can't do this. These chapters are huge, and a huge pain to pour through. Your grammar and spelling are typically fine. The problem is usually that you express things wrong or too vaguely or with the wrong word. I said to you after the last chapter not to send me any more until you come back to skype. I need to be able to ask you questions about what you mean when you say things, and I need to see you so I'm reminded to work on the chapters a little bit every day. If you aren't there I forget and wind up having to do it all at once. I was supposed to have 14 done yesterday, but I forgot, and there's no way I'm doing it all at once. I'll try to do a little bit each day from now on until it's done, but no promises until you get back.
That was expressive, Kirb...
And K.A., if you have lotsa questions, there is something called e-mails. Dump all your questions with the related excepts in a e-mail and I will answer them the best I can. And please, people, stop saying I'm not there when I post everyday on this blog, on the forum, on gmail and like everywhere I can write something into! There is not only Skype that matters! It's kind of an annoyance at this point (not Skype, the fact that you say that I'm not there).
Sorry... I just wanted to post so that I'd get the email alerts for new comments... I dunno if there's a way to do that without posting...
Revising your chapters is not fun. In fact it is the opposite of fun. If I had known it would be like this I wouldn't have volunteered. I don't want to do this anymore. It isn't helping you, because the people who read your stories probably don't even notice the small changes. And it's not helping me, because I have to constantly try and deduce what exactly you meant and try and phrase in a way that doesn't stand out from your distinct style, while deleting hundreds of unnecessary commas and other idiosyncratic tics of yours that you never seem to learn from. And these are big chapters too.
You weren't saying that when you were revising chapter 13, for the second of half of which you apparently didn't even need the TTS thing. If you want to quit, do that. Chapter 14 was a mess and written while I had a all-nighter, so no amount of changes could fix that.
So, you won't complain anymore, I will happily continue to write stuff only you and F.D. will notice it sucks, and since you don't read my story, everyone will be happy.
Yay! [/sarcasm]
I'm sorry alright? It was stupid for me to volunteer. I didn't know what I was getting myself into. I'm stupid, stupid, stupid and selfish. I know.
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