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Happy Friday to everyone and congratulations for making it through a rather rainy and dreary week. Friday is here, there is sun in the forecast and hopefully a return of spring weather. Enjoy the links below and I’ll see you all on Monday.
Who knew? The Victorians made great collages.
A guide to free museums in NYC.
Speaking of museums, the Museum of Scientifically Accurate Fabric Brain Art.
Does poetry matter?
Which governments ask Google to delete information the most often?
Don’t underestimate the value of that sugar pill.
How one ultra-runner gets enough calories.
The coming Shakespeare apocalypse.
What does “off-the-record” really mean?
An argument for attending grad school during a recession.
After reading over the first section of the novel that I’ve just revised, I realize that I want to cut some of it. It’s not bad the way it is, but cutting 10-20% will help.
Beats. One way to do this is to look at the individual beats or actions within a scene. Is each one necessary? Can I shorten each scene in the novel by 10%?
Cut scenes. I also realize that I might could cut one small scene entirely. The problem is that this scene is in the alternate POV, so if I cut it, then I have to give this character a different POV-scene.
Combine scenes. I don’t want too much going on in one scene, it needs to stay focused. But there might be one or two scenes that don’t have a sharp enough focus in this novel. If I take the narrative parts, information that needs to be given to the reader, and put that into other scenes, spread it around, I might be able to eliminate a scene.
Brisker Prose, Please. One critiquer of a novel manuscript asked for, “Brisker prose, please.” This is partly using great verbs, cutting adjectives, etc. But it’s also about writing tighter overall.
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Our awaited holidays starts on Saturday. See you again soon!
In a strange mood I've deleted all my previous messages, I hope I have the time and motivation to post new things soon.
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Nuestras esperadas vacaciones empiezan el sabado. Hasta pronto!
En un extraño ataque he borrado todos mis mensajes anteriores. Espero encontrar el tiempo y la motivacion para escribir mas cosas pronto.
What a sweet illustration, I love the yellow.
Have a safe and happy holiday.
disfruta de las vacaciones y ojito con esos extraños ataques, que nos dejas sin disfrute para la vista.
besos.
jaja, te llevaste tus dibus de vacaciones también...
Saludetes y pásalo estumendamente... Sobri