CALL FOR WRITING PEEVES - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T11:31:27Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/call-for-writing-peeves?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A378632&feed=yes&xn_auth=noFrom the challenge of Mensa t…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2013-10-25:537324:Comment:3801982013-10-25T04:07:33.003ZDan L. Colemanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DanLColeman931
<p>From the challenge of Mensa to the couch of the analyst, in a manner of speaking?</p>
<p>From the challenge of Mensa to the couch of the analyst, in a manner of speaking?</p> Yes, I.J., I used to get anno…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2013-10-25:537324:Comment:3800122013-10-25T04:04:05.275ZDan L. Colemanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DanLColeman931
<p>Yes, I.J., I used to get annoyed at all the "thats." Like a machine gun firing.</p>
<p>Yes, I.J., I used to get annoyed at all the "thats." Like a machine gun firing.</p> 10 words to cut from your wri…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2013-10-17:537324:Comment:3798882013-10-17T20:07:40.353ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
<p>10 words to cut from your writing? I read the article, too. Not helpful. All the words are right in their places (except possibly "amazing") and those places aren't necessarily dialogue. "He got up" for example. You can replace it with "He rose," or "He stood up" or "He got to his feet." Getting out of bed is even harder to rephrase. "Get" in the sense of "understand" is colloquial. Getting married is an idiomatic expression.</p>
<p>"Just" was another of the forbidden words, by the…</p>
<p>10 words to cut from your writing? I read the article, too. Not helpful. All the words are right in their places (except possibly "amazing") and those places aren't necessarily dialogue. "He got up" for example. You can replace it with "He rose," or "He stood up" or "He got to his feet." Getting out of bed is even harder to rephrase. "Get" in the sense of "understand" is colloquial. Getting married is an idiomatic expression.</p>
<p>"Just" was another of the forbidden words, by the way.</p>
<p>Writing peeves about style happen when people misuse words, overuse words, don't get the tone right, or develop habitual phrases.</p>
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<p> </p> Got it.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2013-10-17:537324:Comment:3799472013-10-17T18:39:52.019ZStephen Seitzhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StephenSeitz
<p>Got it.</p>
<p>Got it.</p> Get. If it's not in a dialogu…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2013-10-17:537324:Comment:3796302013-10-17T09:24:54.351Ziabanonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/iabanon
<p>Get. If it's not in a dialogue then I don't want to EVER read it. It is the laziest word in the English language and one of the most abused. I don't think people even get what the word means anymore. For example you don't get married. You are just married. I have found English speakers need to use superlatives in every sentence. It drives me nuts. I'm trying hard not to make these mistakes, but it's so hard when I hear/read them all the time. </p>
<p>Get. If it's not in a dialogue then I don't want to EVER read it. It is the laziest word in the English language and one of the most abused. I don't think people even get what the word means anymore. For example you don't get married. You are just married. I have found English speakers need to use superlatives in every sentence. It drives me nuts. I'm trying hard not to make these mistakes, but it's so hard when I hear/read them all the time. </p> My two major pet peeves are s…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2013-10-12:537324:Comment:3796962013-10-12T20:44:30.137ZJude Hardinhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/festus
<p><em>My two major pet peeves are sound effects and stage directions in prose. I've actually seen writers use "knock Knock" and "Bang." These are fine in children's books, but have no business in adult novels. A writer should be able to describe gunfire or someone knocking at the door.</em></p>
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<p>I try to use the word <em>BLAMMO!</em> at least once in every Nicholas Colt book.</p>
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<p><em>My two major pet peeves are sound effects and stage directions in prose. I've actually seen writers use "knock Knock" and "Bang." These are fine in children's books, but have no business in adult novels. A writer should be able to describe gunfire or someone knocking at the door.</em></p>
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<p>I try to use the word <em>BLAMMO!</em> at least once in every Nicholas Colt book.</p>
<p></p> That's another one; present-t…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2013-10-10:537324:Comment:3794862013-10-10T14:32:03.470ZLeye Adenlehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LeyeAdenle
<p>That's another one; p<span>resent-tense narration. For me, it just doesn't convince. I mean, how am I to fool myself into believing that THIS is happening now, if I can look out the window and pieces of Mars are not wheezing down from the sky like giant fire balls? Nah. The fictive dream only works when my mind, willing to dream as it is, dis not made to feel underestimated. </span></p>
<p>That's another one; p<span>resent-tense narration. For me, it just doesn't convince. I mean, how am I to fool myself into believing that THIS is happening now, if I can look out the window and pieces of Mars are not wheezing down from the sky like giant fire balls? Nah. The fictive dream only works when my mind, willing to dream as it is, dis not made to feel underestimated. </span></p> Now we're getting warmed up!…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2013-10-10:537324:Comment:3795582013-10-10T12:53:22.155ZAlbert Tucherhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/AlbertTucher
<p>Now we're getting warmed up!</p>
<p>I try to avoid flashbacks, but sometimes nothing else works. I can seldom read present-tense narration, though.</p>
<p>Now we're getting warmed up!</p>
<p>I try to avoid flashbacks, but sometimes nothing else works. I can seldom read present-tense narration, though.</p> Flashbacks. Can't stand them,…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2013-10-10:537324:Comment:3794172013-10-10T10:44:55.273ZLeye Adenlehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LeyeAdenle
<p>Flashbacks. Can't stand them, don't want them. </p>
<p>Flashbacks. Can't stand them, don't want them. </p> Yes. I toss a lot of library…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2013-10-09:537324:Comment:3794692013-10-09T21:08:30.154ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
<p>Yes. I toss a lot of library books after having initially picked them because they looked interesting.</p>
<p>Yes. I toss a lot of library books after having initially picked them because they looked interesting.</p>