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Oct. 21st, 2010 08:29 am( Русский язык )
I've discovered something entertaining about myself when I'm editing other people's stuff. My instinct to correct runs way ahead of my ability to find proper words. I can highlight something and go "this is weak! Needs to be stronger!" or something, but ask me to specifically explain why and I start stammering. Double points if it's grammar. I spent a chunk of yesterday geeking out over calling something an appositive, realizing I had no idea what the actual definition of an appositive was, looking it up, starting to type a correction, then realizing that it actually wasn't an appositive after all and correcting the correction. Then erasing it all and writing in something that was hopefully clearer.
I do, however, fill pages and pages with red. A lot of red. Even in computer documents it's full of red. I have three red pens in the folder where I have my PolyBigBang manuscript for editing it. Because I keep using them up. Maybe at some point I'll scan in a copy of what one of my manuscripts looks like when I'm done with it. It's labor intensive, but I think it makes it better. And oh my god the red.
Speaking of Red, I should go see that this weekend.
Right. Today, editing and running around like a chicken with my head cut off helping people get ready for the shows this weekend. Tomorrow... probably more of the same. If I'm lucky I'll get in some spinning time. I don't think I'm going to be that lucky, though.
I've discovered something entertaining about myself when I'm editing other people's stuff. My instinct to correct runs way ahead of my ability to find proper words. I can highlight something and go "this is weak! Needs to be stronger!" or something, but ask me to specifically explain why and I start stammering. Double points if it's grammar. I spent a chunk of yesterday geeking out over calling something an appositive, realizing I had no idea what the actual definition of an appositive was, looking it up, starting to type a correction, then realizing that it actually wasn't an appositive after all and correcting the correction. Then erasing it all and writing in something that was hopefully clearer.
I do, however, fill pages and pages with red. A lot of red. Even in computer documents it's full of red. I have three red pens in the folder where I have my PolyBigBang manuscript for editing it. Because I keep using them up. Maybe at some point I'll scan in a copy of what one of my manuscripts looks like when I'm done with it. It's labor intensive, but I think it makes it better. And oh my god the red.
Speaking of Red, I should go see that this weekend.
Right. Today, editing and running around like a chicken with my head cut off helping people get ready for the shows this weekend. Tomorrow... probably more of the same. If I'm lucky I'll get in some spinning time. I don't think I'm going to be that lucky, though.