I don't attribute dialog often enough. I know it's bad to have too many dialog tags, but I've found passages of lengthy dialog with no attributions even though there are more than two people in the conversation. I've had to throw in a few well-placed "he said"s.
My characters chuckle a lot. *sigh*
My characters also sigh a lot.
I love my characters even with all the chuckling and sighing.
I have more trouble with scenes from my female POV characters than the male ones. Is that weird?
It's easier to point out problems in someone else's book than to spot them in mine. (This must be like the beam in the eye problem.)
Overall, I'm feeling pleased both with what I've written and what I'm changing. I will be excited to have others take a look at it. Wish me luck!
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Hi Angie. I enjoy the revision process too, though it can be alarming when you find problems you really should have seen the first time around. Then again, sometimes you pleasantly surprise yourself. Either way, there's a lot to learn about your writing in the process - though, as you said, it's easier to judge other people's work than it is your own. Best of luck!
I just began the revision process and I can appreciate your post. Thanks for sharing and inspiring me to keep at it.
Oh, man, my characters are endlessly chuckling and sighing, but the worst was when they were rolling their eyes at least once per chapter.
Good luck with the revisions!
I'm right there with you on finding it easier to point out issues with other writers' work than my own.
The rest of my issues are too numerous to list out here...
glad the revise seems to be going well & good luck
what is a pov?
Have fun revising! And no, I don't think the whole female/male POV thing is weird. I actually think it's easier the further away the character is from myself when I write (oh, did you know I write once or twice a decade? Well, I do...:))
Good luck!
Todd, you must do something right, because your books are awesome.
Tiff, POV means point of view, or the character through whose eyes we are seeing the story.
Linz, I'm fainting. What have you written? I must read it! Send it immediately. That's an order!
Good luck, Angie, and way to go on being so close to done! I always love the editing part-- making it say what I actually meant it to! :)
Wishing you luck. It's always a good sign when revising that you're still enjoying the work.
Thanks, Terry. I am glad to still be enjoying it. Thanks everyone for stopping by!
Angie - Is it the guys that chuckle and the girls that sigh? LOL I'm curious.
I'm so glad you love your characters. That is a good thing. Good luck with your revisions. =D
You know what? I'm working on one where I switch from male to female pov and the guy stuff comes out way more natural and easy. I have no idea what this says about me.
I too am about halfway through revision #1.
There are times when you just have to laugh because all of your characters are doing the same thing, SIGH...
Congrats on the progress! I kinda like revisions too. Most of the time:) Just learning stuff all the time, aren't we? I think this is a good thing.
Blessings,
Karen
I'm the opposite with dialog tags! I'm always afraid the reader won't know who's talking! My characters sigh a lot as well. Good luck with the rest of your revisions!
Good luck with those fun revisions. =)I find I add too many breaths in my tags. Opps. =D
I like revising too. I'm finding I need more descriptions, because I have too much dialogue.
I totally understand about how easy it is to spot problems in others work and how very, very, very hard it is to spot problems in your own!!
Good luck with your revisions!
I'm revising too! Again! *sigh* is never ending ;p
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Good Luck. If you're like me, you'll think you've finished revising, then find something you don't like and start revising the whole thing again and again and again like a maniac.
Oh, sigh..... and then chuckle
;--) Me too! it's amazing how you get stuck using same things all the time!
Love the beam in the eye analogy for writing! Never thought of it that way. My crit group is good at spotting my characters' overuse of smiling, looking, and laughing. Good luck with the revisions.
LOL, Aubrie. We all have different weaknesses, don't we? Thanks for coming by.
(I think I responded to the rest of you via email. If I missed you, sorry! I love all your comments.)
Oops. Just realized I couldn't email Nicole or Melissa, either. Good luck with your revisions, Nicole. Melissa, I think it's hard when we're so close to the story. We can't see it as objectively. Thanks again for stopping by!
Luck! I totally laughed out at the *sigh* followed by the comment that your characters sigh a lot. ROFL!!
lol! sigh.
(that was a chuckle followed by a... sigh.)
Man! Good luck w/those revisions, aka my LEAST favorite part! Me = also do male characters better than female (what IS that???) and have had to focus on dialog tags, too!
Are we the same person??? ;p sigh.
It just takes a lot of editing... ;-)
Hi Angie, I love your comments, you sound like a wise night owl, I wonder if you are still getting up early. My characters always mumble and mutter, so sighing and chuckling sounds so much better!
Hey Angie! I gave you a gift on my blog today! http://alicross.blogspot.com/2010/09/you-like-me-you-really-like-me.html
I'm so glad your revising is going well. My characters sigh a lot, too. Sigh. :)
You're a good editor, Todd. Carol, welcome to the blog! I am still getting up earlier. It gets easier every day. Thank you so much, Ali! And thanks, Leisha. I think sighing is a common problem. :)
Oooh, good luck! For me, my characters grin or smile or laugh way too much.
Good luck, Angie! Isn't it funny how it can be easier critiquing someone else's work? Congrats on being so far along with your novel!
You are right, it is easier to point out editorial issue in others' work because it is fresh and there is that detachment. Which is why I love my critiquing group and my young readers group!
Thanks Dawn and Jan. It is definitely easier when you have some detachment. I am so close to being done now, I can taste it! Thanks for stopping by.
I'm in revisions, too. Fun times.
It is much easier to find the glitches in someone else's work, isn't it?
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