The Hotel Server

[000zing]

Did you actually mean "waiter"? I don't get this "server" business. That's a computer.

 

[Rob_Royale]

Did you actually mean "waiter"? I don't get this "server" business. That's a computer.

No. It's not. Server has been the descriptor for quite a while. Once the lines between her and he began blurring, waiter/ waitress had been replaced. You ain't gotta like it though.

 

[000zing]

Just as well I don't "gotta".

The bizarre contortions of US "English" never ceases to amaze...

 

[GlennJenko]

The bizarre contortions of US "English" never ceases to amaze...

This actually made me chuckle. I'm British, though I spent time living in the US and yeah, some of their spellings and phrasings are really weird.

For this story, however, I did actually look up what Americans call these things in a hotel setting (as it is set in Florida), and "server" was the one that most accurately describes what Holly, the MC, does.

Somewhere in the hints to becoming a prolific writer, it says: Publish. Don't try to make your 1st (or 4th) story perfect. Gather feedback and incorporate it in the next story.

This is good advice. I actually thought about editing and rereleasing my first story (or trilogy) but the changes would be minor enough for it not to be worth it. And I am definitely trying to take the (constructive) advice I've gotten from my first series and incorporate it.

And also mulling over a story in some cases destroyed the story, because I started to mess up things.

Yeah, there is certainly the risk of over thinking things. I do wonder if that's why my third story was a bit more of a challenge to write and thus comes through in it being my lowest scoring one. I'm comfortable with where I'm at for this one, though.

Do you have someone to proofread the story?

Not currently, no.