What I'm Reading: This week's read was UNDER THE NEVER SKY...
I gotta say, while I love a good dystopian, this one just felt a little too familiar to me. There isn't enough that's different about it to grab me.
What I'm Writing: Last week-
This week-
So, not the 5K I dreamed about, BUT I did A LOT of editing on my MG Sci-Fi UNDER THE BLUE, which I entered in Sun vs. Snow.
What Works for Me- I thought of something! When editing, I like to copy and paste a chapter at a time into www.hemingwayap.com. That way robot eyes can check for passive voice, adverbs, and super long sentences. Just yesterday I learned about www.editminion.com, which is the same sort of thing but checks for even more stuff.
What else is going on: I entered Sun Vs. Snow this week, so I have been editing HARDCORE.
This is my FACE after removing 70+ instances of the word FACE from my MS. Look out JUST and APPARENTLY. I'm coming for ya.
Hope you had a great week!
Ha! We all have our crutch words, right? :-) Good luck with Sun vs. Snow. Yours is the second WUW post I've seen mention it today. Oh, and I read UNDER THE NEVER SKY right when it first came out, before dystopian fatigue set in, so I loved it. And I must say, I think the series gets better with each book, Maybe give the second (my personal favorite) a try. :-) Have a great week, Niki!
ReplyDeleteI haven't eradicated my overused words from my MS yet, but I know they're in there somewhere.
ReplyDeleteI've had a real dystopian burn out lately. Having to take an extended break from them in the hope someone will create a really original one.
Have a great week! Best of luck with SunVsSnow.
I'm sad to hear you didn't love UNDER THE NEVER SKY. Like Katy, I read it way back when it first came out, so I wasn't yet (mostly) over dystopian. Thanks a bunch for mentioning those two apps! I bookmarked them for later use. I know I'm a serial "just" overuser, so it will come in really handy for sure! Have a wonderful week, Niki! :D
ReplyDeleteEditing, the bane of my existence. Well, when it's my own work. I don't mind critiquing others, or betareading, but for some reason I hate editing my own work. Glad to see you're making progress though! I'm sure JUST and APPARENTLY are already trembling in fear.
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