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Mar. 21st, 2007 11:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanI am currently freelance-editing a novel.
In that novel (yes, it's romance), the author uses "his cock thickened" far more often than can be read with a straight face.
Let this be a wake up call for some, and a reminder for others (myself included). Once we use a phrase, it tends to stick with us the entire project. This is not always a good thing.
Re-read your work. Out loud, if possible. Keep a highlighter in hand, if you're working on hardcopy, and one finger on the 'text color' command if you're working in phosphors. Mark the repeating phrase every time you see it, once you become aware of it. Then go through and change at least half of them to something else.
The project will thank you for it, later.
So will the editor.
In that novel (yes, it's romance), the author uses "his cock thickened" far more often than can be read with a straight face.
Let this be a wake up call for some, and a reminder for others (myself included). Once we use a phrase, it tends to stick with us the entire project. This is not always a good thing.
Re-read your work. Out loud, if possible. Keep a highlighter in hand, if you're working on hardcopy, and one finger on the 'text color' command if you're working in phosphors. Mark the repeating phrase every time you see it, once you become aware of it. Then go through and change at least half of them to something else.
The project will thank you for it, later.
So will the editor.
