Things That Count As Work

[dr_pretentious]

I'm tidying up the manuscript for Atlantis Cranks Need Not Apply so it'll be as clean as I can make it before my editor gives it her last once-over.

My big writing achievements for yesterday:

* Noticed I have a habit of using the word "up" at every idiomatic opportunity
* Decided said habit was a defect in my prose style
* Ran Search function on "up"
* Deleted and/or rephrased in about half the spots the Search function found

Probably no one would have noticed, but it really was a problem.

Comments

[leapfaith.livejournal.com]

They just kept cropping up, until you'd had it up to here with them, and had to pull up a bunch of them before giving it the thumbs up?

I understand. Keep up the good work!

[happy-dr-friend.livejournal.com]

A situation up with which you did not put.

[laradionne.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on catching one of your own verbal tics! It's often difficult to notice them yourself.

[oaktavia.livejournal.com]

hey! found 2004!!
will send out the copies this weekend!