KillerMuffin
Seraphically Disinclined
- Joined
- Jul 29, 2000
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Hey, this one won't be easy either. I have a requirement or two.
One, you gotta have been in the US Army at one time in your life. And well, okay, that covers it.
The good news is that I take editing well.
The bad news is that it's sitting at about 35,000 words now. And it's in WordPerfect 8.
What I am looking for, this may make it easier:
I want a general read through and an ending critique regarding characters, flow, and plot. What worked and where did it break down for you. Secondly, what was wrong with the Armyisms, if there was anything wrong. Were they adequately explained, do you think? I'll fore-warn you. There are problems with the plot and the characters have a mild consistency problem. I started in the middle, got to what I considered the end and past editors said it needed a beginning and an ending so I tacked on two beginnings and three endings. It's like a quilt only messier.
I'm not real fond of the way I wrote it either.
I am going to re-write it so a line by line edit is not only unnecessary at this point, but it would get in the way. There is no need to point out typos, bad grammar, what you would change or where, even if it is teeth-gnashingly obvious. If the mistake is repetitive, I'd appreciate a note at the end. If it's a single occurance, I should pick it up during the re-write.
It's either not quite finished or I wrote too much, haven't decided which yet.
One, you gotta have been in the US Army at one time in your life. And well, okay, that covers it.
The good news is that I take editing well.
The bad news is that it's sitting at about 35,000 words now. And it's in WordPerfect 8.
What I am looking for, this may make it easier:
I want a general read through and an ending critique regarding characters, flow, and plot. What worked and where did it break down for you. Secondly, what was wrong with the Armyisms, if there was anything wrong. Were they adequately explained, do you think? I'll fore-warn you. There are problems with the plot and the characters have a mild consistency problem. I started in the middle, got to what I considered the end and past editors said it needed a beginning and an ending so I tacked on two beginnings and three endings. It's like a quilt only messier.
I'm not real fond of the way I wrote it either.
I am going to re-write it so a line by line edit is not only unnecessary at this point, but it would get in the way. There is no need to point out typos, bad grammar, what you would change or where, even if it is teeth-gnashingly obvious. If the mistake is repetitive, I'd appreciate a note at the end. If it's a single occurance, I should pick it up during the re-write.
It's either not quite finished or I wrote too much, haven't decided which yet.
