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Nads knows editing...
« on: June 13, 2012, 01:43:44 PM »

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Posted 01 May 2008 - 05:37 PM
Well folks editing is part of the process... but for me it is automatic. I would never send an unedited anything to a potential agent or publisher... not even the query letter....

Now I find myself writing a FANTASY novel, and creating the world from scratch. That said it is somehow the continuation or image of the sci fi world I've crated, and the mental powers are very similar (You could say that is nice... a small part of the work has been done)

And I am sure once the thing is finally put on paper... it will have at least five rewrites before it is "finished." After all, nothing is truly ever finished...

http://storyist.invisionzone.com/index.php/topic/332-planning-a-novel/



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Posted 10 March 2008 - 04:49 AM
Well let me give you one that helped me understand something about rites of passage.

So I have not been a good girl and when I finally got to the dentist I found out I needed a crown. So we are well in the middle of the process, and my dentist went to a convention. And murphy being murphy the temp came off. Anybody even distantly familiar of the process to put a crown in?

In case you don't, the doctor needs to sand the enamel off, so they can fit a new crown on it. Now that means that the rather sensitive under layer (dentine) is exposed. Not to worry, they fit you with a temo... which in my case failed last Sunday. So for the last week or so I have been going around with a Nekiid tooth, as my hubby put it.

Here is where the insight comes.

You all have seen those wonderful National Geographic specials with rites of passage that include chipping and otherwise doing damage to teeth of young boys, haven't you? I usually go, OUCH and now even more... but... as the week has passed the sensitivity is going down, ever so slowly. So this unwanted experience has told me that yes, if I put a similar rite of passage into a fantasy novel, it is more than survivable and our kids teeth will adapt, in most cases.

By the way, that tale that opened this thread, kudos for paying attention to things out of place, but truth be told your chances of being caught in a terrorist attack are far lower than getting hit by lightning. That is even in places where Terrorism is a real problem,(aka England during the Troubles for example). So we really need to keep these things in perspective.

Yep former EMS worker, and trust me, I have been in some really nasty situations, probably why the attempt to frighten me by our government is not working... then again I have the very fatalistic attitude of if this is my time to go, so be it. Then again, been shot at since the war on drugs is a real war, near real bombs, near industrial explosions, and more car crashes in busy highways (with drunks on them) than I care to remember. At times I joke that buying a lottery ticket is a waste of my money. I've used my luck up. But the reality is what I stated, your chances of being caught in a terrorist attack are extremely low. And I offer this as a reality check. Oh and fire extinguishers make lousy bombs... (HAZMAT training) but great missiles, why the puncturing part is relevant. The chemicals (and I am assuming your office uses a C class fire extinguisher) are under high pressures, and why you should have your extinguishers hydrostatically checked every five years, if I remember correctly, if not more often. Other possible missiles due to system failure, Oxygen tanks, welding tanks, your barbeque tank... those actually make nice booms. when they go off and that does happen every so often, so be careful when you use yours next Summer. Just a note from the trenches.

http://storyist.invisionzone.com/index.php/topic/172-weird-happenings/


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Posted 27 June 2011 - 03:08 AM
Got a collection of Stephen King's shorts, the other day... and my first printed credits were on a now defunk gaming magazine, called MFQ. Those shorts were oh 1500-2000 words long. They are not the best I have ever written but they taught me the writing is rewriting shtick and character development.

As to Apps, I can't wait for Steve to get Storyist over to the App Store for the IPAD... for the moment I have been using Pages.

http://storyist.invisionzone.com/index.php/topic/1607-on-the-art-of-the-short-story/
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2012, 01:46:14 PM »
Nadin is defunk.
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2012, 01:55:37 PM »
Don't know where to start.

1. "After all, nothing is truly ever finished"  Nadin gets about as close as anything I've heard of.

2. "Got a collection of Stephen Kings shorts"  EWWWW, Do you suppose she wears them on her head.

3. Does anybody find the title "Advanced Member" suspect or do I have a dirty mind.
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2012, 02:04:21 PM »
Another one for the list! I didn't see "editor" on her resume.
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2012, 02:25:25 PM »
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Posted 01 May 2008 - 05:37 PM
Well folks editing is part of the process... but for me it is automatic. I would never send an unedited anything to a potential agent or publisher... not even the query letter....

Now I find myself writing a FANTASY novel, and creating the world from scratch. That said it is somehow the continuation or image of the sci fi world I've crated, and the mental powers are very similar (You could say that is nice... a small part of the work has been done)

And I am sure once the thing is finally put on paper... it will have at least five rewrites before it is "finished." After all, nothing is truly ever finished...

Three sentences after talking about never sending an unedited anything she talks about a sci-fi world that she has crated. I wonder if she was able to get it in a small crate or if it took a huge crate.
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2012, 04:56:43 PM »
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2012, 05:01:02 PM »
Who ever edits her book is going to have to make a lot of spelling and grammar corrections. That should hold the release up for about 10 years, as they will have to rewrite the whole ****ing thing!!!
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2012, 05:03:04 PM »
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Nadin is defunk.

I'd say she's pretty darn FUNKY . . . and not in a good way!
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2012, 05:05:45 PM »
From the samples, many samples, of the Writings of Nads that we've been exposed to I really don't think Nads has a clue regarding editing.

One would think that a self-described editor and trained historian would want to make even internet posts accurate, but in Nads' case, one would be wrong.

I've seen many an error of hers that have been pointed out, with an edit suggested, that went uncorrected.
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2012, 05:08:50 PM »
Should we add editing to her resume?
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2012, 05:20:47 PM »
Quote from: Kyle Ricky on June 13, 2012, 05:08:50 PM
Should we add editing to her resume?

yes we should edit her resume to show editing.  :-)
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2012, 05:28:28 PM »
Kindly don't forget "HAZMAT training"..

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Yep former EMS worker, and trust me, I have been in some really nasty situations, probably why the attempt to frighten me by our government is not working... then again I have the very fatalistic attitude of if this is my time to go, so be it. Then again, been shot at since the war on drugs is a real war, near real bombs, near industrial explosions, and more car crashes in busy highways (with drunks on them) than I care to remember. At times I joke that buying a lottery ticket is a waste of my money. I've used my luck up. But the reality is what I stated, your chances of being caught in a terrorist attack are extremely low. And I offer this as a reality check. Oh and fire extinguishers make lousy bombs... (HAZMAT training) but great missiles, why the puncturing part is relevant. The chemicals (and I am assuming your office uses a C class fire extinguisher) are under high pressures, and why you should have your extinguishers hydrostatically checked every five years, if I remember correctly, if not more often. Other possible missiles due to system failure, Oxygen tanks, welding tanks, your barbeque tank... those actually make nice booms. when they go off and that does happen every so often, so be careful when you use yours next Summer. Just a note from the trenches.
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2012, 06:20:55 PM »
Quote from: JakeStyle on June 13, 2012, 01:46:14 PM
Nadin is defunk.

Oh ? did she finally wash that vest ?
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #13 on: June 13, 2012, 08:26:49 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on June 13, 2012, 05:20:47 PM
yes we should edit her resume to show editing.  :-)
Do it before her resume becomes "dufunk".
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #14 on: June 13, 2012, 08:28:25 PM »
Why do I keep seeing the headline as "nadin knows eating"?
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #15 on: June 13, 2012, 08:29:26 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on June 13, 2012, 08:28:25 PM
Why do I keep seeing the headline as "nadin knows eating"?
That's one thing she doesn't edit.
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #16 on: June 13, 2012, 08:31:55 PM »
Eating is probably the only thing she knows how to do. Looking at pictures of her show that she has never missed a meal.
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #17 on: June 13, 2012, 08:32:04 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on June 13, 2012, 08:28:25 PM
Why do I keep seeing the headline as "nadin knows eating"?

Same here.
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Re: Nads knows editing...
« Reply #18 on: June 14, 2012, 02:51:46 PM »
Quote from: Kyle Ricky on June 13, 2012, 05:08:50 PM
Should we add editing to her resume?

I think that it would be more authentically nadin to add "editting".
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