random writer/editor thought
Feb. 9th, 2006 11:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauraanne_gilmanWorking with a client, and I jot down the following note -- "any reason, but establish the reason!"
Sometimes, wording is more important than we realize.
I didn't say "give a reason." Or "tell (or show) us the reason." I told the writer to establish the reason.
Hrmm. Yes.
And, in other more writerly news, the page proofs for GRAIL QUEST: MORGAIN'S REVENGE have arrived. I now have two short-term deadlines sitting on my shoulder, one long-term lurkig, and writers' group tonight. This calls for Power Procrastinating...
Sometimes, wording is more important than we realize.
I didn't say "give a reason." Or "tell (or show) us the reason." I told the writer to establish the reason.
Hrmm. Yes.
And, in other more writerly news, the page proofs for GRAIL QUEST: MORGAIN'S REVENGE have arrived. I now have two short-term deadlines sitting on my shoulder, one long-term lurkig, and writers' group tonight. This calls for Power Procrastinating...
