tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211974510426729195.post1427235976469892227..comments2023-11-18T04:12:04.877-06:00Comments on ...from down in Lucky Town: "The process is its own reward" *Alex Bledsoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05805521718331603133noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211974510426729195.post-430848145121581472010-09-22T15:00:54.719-05:002010-09-22T15:00:54.719-05:00I love seeing how anyone works through their manus...I love seeing how anyone works through their manuscript, Alex. Thanks for showing us how you do it. <br /><br />I do something similar, depending on how the scene is coming to me. Whether it's action, description, or dialogue I get the essence of the scene down first. Then I go back through and see where I need to make my sentences flow from one thought to the next.<br /><br />I look for places where I've left out my POV characters thoughts or feelings. Finally, I read it out loud to catch clumsy phrases and check the rhythm of the sentences. I also edit places where I've expressed the same thought more than once, you know, saying the same thing in a different way, I take those senteneces out. ;-)<br /><br />Sometimes it all comes together on the first round, but most of the time, I’m tweaking a word hear or a phrase there to improve the flow.T. Frohockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04807817898955012947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211974510426729195.post-80372254697912347792010-09-22T13:38:32.548-05:002010-09-22T13:38:32.548-05:00Great tip's Alex, thanks. I'm looking forw...Great tip's Alex, thanks. I'm looking forward to reading Dark Jenny.<br /><br />And, can I ask if a portion of the Dark Jenny tale predates events in Sword-Edged Blonde? Seems like I remember references to that in Burn Me Deadly.nephite blood spartan hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092519999184585295noreply@blogger.com