Post by account_disabled on Dec 2, 2023 0:46:14 GMT -4
There are many ways to write badly and just as many ways to write well. The writer cannot be his own editor, but he may know some little technique to improve his writing. It is normal for an editor to still find something wrong, but in the meantime he will not find messy and incorrect writing. When I read, typos and even constructions that could use improvement stand out to me. Today I have brought together some of these constructions, together with one that belongs to me, to analyze them in depth and find solutions. The repetitions: the monster always around the corner Sometimes we don't even notice it right away, we write and reread continuously - this is my technique - and at the end of the chapter, the story, the writing session, we read what was written again and bam ! Two words repeated within a few lines and maybe even in a handful of words.
hate repetition , because it makes the Phone Number Data writing sloppy and the writer careless. But as long as everything happens in our intimacy, no harm done, right? We have time to remedy, to correct, to curse ourselves for that carelessness that should not have happened to us, to us. First example: a repetition that makes… reflect […] the dim light reflects on what looks like a bone, and I feel like I want to vomit. Reflect . Insurgent , Veronica Roth This is a translation, let's be clear, so perhaps the fault lies not with the author but with the translator. The use of the same verb, even if with two different meanings - the reflection of light and that understood as meditation, careful thought of the character -, within a single sentence, is out of place.
It immediately caught my eye and I turned up my nose. A possible solution : […] the dim light reflects off what looks like a bone, and I feel sick. Think. Why did I decide to change the second verb? Because in that case it is easier to find a credible synonym, but for the light that is reflected a synonym would not have been so immediately understandable: does it reverberate? Is it mirrored? On a bone, then, the mirror effect seems quite impossible to me. Second example: alternate characters In the bed of the truck, behind us, are Caleb, Christina and Uriah . Christina and Uriah are sitting next to each other… Allegiant , Veronica Roth Unfortunately I couldn't find the original text on Amazon.
hate repetition , because it makes the Phone Number Data writing sloppy and the writer careless. But as long as everything happens in our intimacy, no harm done, right? We have time to remedy, to correct, to curse ourselves for that carelessness that should not have happened to us, to us. First example: a repetition that makes… reflect […] the dim light reflects on what looks like a bone, and I feel like I want to vomit. Reflect . Insurgent , Veronica Roth This is a translation, let's be clear, so perhaps the fault lies not with the author but with the translator. The use of the same verb, even if with two different meanings - the reflection of light and that understood as meditation, careful thought of the character -, within a single sentence, is out of place.
It immediately caught my eye and I turned up my nose. A possible solution : […] the dim light reflects off what looks like a bone, and I feel sick. Think. Why did I decide to change the second verb? Because in that case it is easier to find a credible synonym, but for the light that is reflected a synonym would not have been so immediately understandable: does it reverberate? Is it mirrored? On a bone, then, the mirror effect seems quite impossible to me. Second example: alternate characters In the bed of the truck, behind us, are Caleb, Christina and Uriah . Christina and Uriah are sitting next to each other… Allegiant , Veronica Roth Unfortunately I couldn't find the original text on Amazon.