tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804696485095159380.post8200938357444583722..comments2024-01-02T06:39:28.476-06:00Comments on erica and christy-two moms. two teachers. two writers. one blog.: Wow, that's baderica and christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074820593371226159noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804696485095159380.post-60395563306872619172011-12-15T14:11:03.780-06:002011-12-15T14:11:03.780-06:00Ah, the early years! Those first drafts are so sca...Ah, the early years! Those first drafts are so scary. My problem: purple prose! I somehow felt the need to make each sentence a work of art rather than the manuscript as a whole. I mean really, how many metaphors are too many?Julie Daineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08350205936357263571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804696485095159380.post-30376254900986201952011-12-15T12:47:58.244-06:002011-12-15T12:47:58.244-06:00I just burned a bunch of my pages written about 5 ...I just burned a bunch of my pages written about 5 years ago. I didn't even want to read them, they were that bad. <br /><br />I STILL have the problem of long, wordy sentences that include multiple redundancies (hmm, that one might qualify). At least I'm starting to recognize them now, and I feel so clever when I can cut them down from 15 words to 10!Margo Berendsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476308235642890474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804696485095159380.post-81796114182691552332011-12-15T11:12:57.837-06:002011-12-15T11:12:57.837-06:00How fun! I loved looking over old things I've ...How fun! I loved looking over old things I've written. My first manuscript that I queries swapped POV at will, like every other paragraphs. Really, it did. And the ly's could have choked an elephant!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130733681254163610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804696485095159380.post-48358049302241042011-12-15T10:29:39.437-06:002011-12-15T10:29:39.437-06:00I cringe when I looke back on my first queried MS!...I cringe when I looke back on my first queried MS! I'm glad we can pick ourselves back up and learn from our mistakes!The Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07773479939559180654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804696485095159380.post-87802213776407773582011-12-15T06:27:54.162-06:002011-12-15T06:27:54.162-06:00Very funny!! I feel this way when I look back on t...Very funny!! I feel this way when I look back on things that I thought were close to ready--oh, and weren't. Look how far I've come! Thank goodness for the learning curve. :)Heather Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06699360166269376285noreply@blogger.com