tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post5989126913261130196..comments2023-09-25T02:24:22.087-07:00Comments on Anne R. Allen's Blog: 5 Essential Tips on Self-Editing from Catherine Ryan HydeAnne R. Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-46352022757864495472011-01-16T13:48:12.121-08:002011-01-16T13:48:12.121-08:00Thanks for a good laugh and some wonderful advice....Thanks for a good laugh and some wonderful advice.Marjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04683888030155879214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-19010453798167675182011-01-13T19:23:09.530-08:002011-01-13T19:23:09.530-08:00Oooh, I especially like the "Create your own ...Oooh, I especially like the "Create your own search" tip. I know I tend to do some of the same things over and over without realizing it. Thanks for the advice!Name: Holly Bownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01079363337603264641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-32060465370246421282011-01-12T07:33:41.483-08:002011-01-12T07:33:41.483-08:00This was a terrific post! I love when you talked a...This was a terrific post! I love when you talked about reading it from the last line to the first. I think that might seem a little difficult at first but your right your reading form not content. Love it!<br /><br /><3's and Fangs, <br />Liz ^_^<br />www.vampyrekisses.comElizabeth Kolodziejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13091352709759913291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-22434069810382725322011-01-12T03:40:22.489-08:002011-01-12T03:40:22.489-08:00You have an award today, Anne!You have an award today, Anne!Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-53849513349626188072011-01-11T15:11:57.397-08:002011-01-11T15:11:57.397-08:0010-4. Thanks.10-4. Thanks.Clark Lohrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07017577908741668068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-85017630347023199462011-01-11T03:43:21.612-08:002011-01-11T03:43:21.612-08:00Great post. All things we should all be thinking a...Great post. All things we should all be thinking about all the time.Life In A Pink Fibrohttp://lifeinapinkfibro.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-45265302288583788152011-01-10T20:20:44.042-08:002011-01-10T20:20:44.042-08:00Yay! Great post. Thanks Catherine! I had the pleas...Yay! Great post. Thanks Catherine! I had the pleasure of taking an intensive self editing workshop with Catherine last year and I have to admit: these principles improved my editing.Sierra Godfreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552916038080341870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-61047823713365771222011-01-10T19:43:59.428-08:002011-01-10T19:43:59.428-08:00Thank you for the terrific tips. I really like th...Thank you for the terrific tips. I really like the reading from the end of the page, that will help place concentration on each sentence rather than on the story.G Thomas Gillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-69542828081786082352011-01-10T19:09:06.946-08:002011-01-10T19:09:06.946-08:00A former editor collects what she calls 'Wande...A former editor collects what she calls 'Wandering Body Parts'. I've sent her a few from some of the manuscripts I've read. Unfortunately, one of them was mine. "The arms and head of the overly made up woman sat behind the counter." Yeah, when I read that aloud I had to laugh. <br />Good advice in your post. Thanks.Stephen L. Braytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14575880529198211433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-3154593853260033542011-01-10T16:56:45.980-08:002011-01-10T16:56:45.980-08:00Hope you're soon well.
But thanks to Catherin...Hope you're soon well.<br /><br />But thanks to Catherine, I laughed! Laughter is great. Her "line" cracked me up. Yes, it does help, I've found, to read my writing out loud. (I read to my daughter; she has a great ear.) This is the only way to catch such things as "form" instead of "from."<br /><br />Thanks for the guest post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-79350122869357875192011-01-10T13:54:34.571-08:002011-01-10T13:54:34.571-08:00I do hope you are well and thinking straightly soo...I do hope you are well and thinking straightly soon! Great tips. Catherine is so wise, as are you. We have discussed many of these editing dilemmas. Funny how "from" becomes "form" almost every time in my manuscripts. Love find-and-replace. Great invention!Christine Ahernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968409907141389324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-24777850585696163932011-01-10T13:22:24.990-08:002011-01-10T13:22:24.990-08:00Thanks, everybody (hack, snort, sniffle) I hope yo...Thanks, everybody (hack, snort, sniffle) I hope you're all now editing your masterpieces using Catherine's great tips. Hope I'll be able to say something coherent soon.Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-86288456087152152532011-01-10T10:44:24.130-08:002011-01-10T10:44:24.130-08:00The AutoCrit Editing Wizard is helpful at finding ...The AutoCrit Editing Wizard is helpful at finding editing "gotchas" like this. <br /><br />It's great at finding places where you have repeated words inadvertently or where you have repeatedly overused a word (e.g. LY adverbs)Kay Teenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-90454257235051351932011-01-10T09:52:14.650-08:002011-01-10T09:52:14.650-08:00Many millenia ago, in a galaxy far away I was co-e...Many millenia ago, in a galaxy far away I was co-editor of my high school literary magazine. I learned a lot of these lessons the hard way. After reading and rereading submissions, layout, etc. you really do see what you expect to see. not what is actually there. Hmmm....might be an existential life lesson there. Incidently, starting at the end is a good memorization trick too. Perhaps one friend to be the copy editor and another to be the story editor would help. Putting something aside for awhile to let the eyes rest is a good suggestion too. I remember my mother telling me not to read when I type but just follow the letters. I guess it's in how the mind works. I know people who can glance at a page and see all the typos. Must be an annoying skill....RichardUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11108117898714473240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-57994466503693932512011-01-10T07:13:04.941-08:002011-01-10T07:13:04.941-08:00What great pointers. Thanks for sharing this.What great pointers. Thanks for sharing this.Angelina Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16953868243120764347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-85292605670266036852011-01-10T04:56:17.123-08:002011-01-10T04:56:17.123-08:00Great advice there Anne. Your original coffee line...Great advice there Anne. Your original coffee line made me laugh out loud too! I often find I spot typos if I come back to a piece after setting it aside for a time. Otherwise, I guess my brain remembers the text at some level and I "see" what it thinks is there not necessarily what is really there ...Simon Kewinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11537163555998763769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-79298300591349353302011-01-09T22:39:40.254-08:002011-01-09T22:39:40.254-08:00Catherine, this is a great resource for me to use ...Catherine, this is a great resource for me to use while editing! <br /><br />I never thought of editing from the bottom of a page up! Thanks for all the awesome tips. <br /><br />Write on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-15055022861505059862011-01-09T19:40:47.689-08:002011-01-09T19:40:47.689-08:00As I cringe and find two errors in my comment.
Yuc...As I cringe and find two errors in my comment.<br />Yuck );fOIS In The Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347958777030988677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-39619639809687800732011-01-09T19:39:45.391-08:002011-01-09T19:39:45.391-08:00Thanks for a great Sunday post, as always. I hope ...Thanks for a great Sunday post, as always. I hope you get better soon.<br /><br />It is so true that we need "other" eyes to find what we read, but do not see. <br /><br />I have put a draft through spell check, style-writer an advance editing software that is programmed with MSWord. I've read and re-read and then ...<br /><br />Two pages in my reader found an error. She was please that this time she only found a hand full of them and thus was able to find "hole" in the plot. It is good to know. When you give you work to someone to read and they become distracted with minor errors, their concentration on your story is ruined.<br /><br />I will certainly check out how reasonable, Catherine's reasonable is. Thanks again, Anne.fOIS In The Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347958777030988677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-32083935924075690352011-01-09T19:11:04.929-08:002011-01-09T19:11:04.929-08:00Sorry you're sick. Great guest post. Number 3 ...Sorry you're sick. Great guest post. Number 3 is a good one. Another tip is to set the grammar check in Word to severe (or whatever the most intense one is called) doesn't mean you'll agree with everything it brings up (it might be too formal for your writing) but you can see what it highlights.Jan Markleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317561950719847803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-43539115928940458232011-01-09T16:50:08.038-08:002011-01-09T16:50:08.038-08:00Reading out loud helps me! And I'd be lost wit...Reading out loud helps me! And I'd be lost without my critique partners.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-21887093203436211542011-01-09T15:00:30.901-08:002011-01-09T15:00:30.901-08:00Anne, this is really good info. My thanks to Cath...Anne, this is really good info. My thanks to Catherine. I especally made note of the search part. And I hope you're feeling better soon. My hub's in the same boat, says he feels like a bug bomb landed on him!Kittie Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756250649095903317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-14689722338012591672011-01-09T13:52:15.791-08:002011-01-09T13:52:15.791-08:00It's funny how our brain fills in the blanks o...It's funny how our brain fills in the blanks on things we write. We know what we meant to say and if there's a typo, a clunky sentence, a missing word or comma, our brain just doesn't see it. I've fallen victime to that so many times and each time I say I'm not going to allow my brain to take over my eyes again. I also tell myself that while my brain knows the difference between "its" and "it's," my fingers do not, nor do they care. The search function is like mana from heaven. Fortunately, I'm only subbing to crit groups at the moment. <br /><br />Searches are awesome.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333902683981665134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-88812876070449535312011-01-09T11:44:21.954-08:002011-01-09T11:44:21.954-08:00Great tips, as always (hadn't thought of readi...Great tips, as always (hadn't thought of reading from the bottom up!)jmhttp://bookspersonally.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-10195801848379657082011-01-09T11:16:28.051-08:002011-01-09T11:16:28.051-08:00This is really good. Thank you.
CDThis is really good. Thank you.<br />CDAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160669603997465454noreply@blogger.com