tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post3957329914550458008..comments2024-03-28T00:24:39.106-04:00Comments on ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA NYC: LIFE AS A MINIMALISTNative NYerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16239230892287943136noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post-6996546372195715342010-01-27T21:45:30.863-05:002010-01-27T21:45:30.863-05:00Love the blog. I was a proofreader for decades so ...Love the blog. I was a proofreader for decades so I learned how to "slice and dice" so to speak. Now after writing fiction, I slip my proofreader hat on, then cut for sense, style and finally, space.Karen Sharpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12598899035653418365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post-63704220697530781992010-01-27T18:14:12.281-05:002010-01-27T18:14:12.281-05:00Nice blog Santa -- simplify, simplify, simplify, a...Nice blog Santa -- simplify, simplify, simplify, as a famous new england poet once said. And he was write (wrong spelling intended); although he wasn't speaking of writing, it pertains.L. Fraziernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post-8659482849645900582010-01-27T14:03:38.525-05:002010-01-27T14:03:38.525-05:00I'm the opposite, too few words. I'm afrai...I'm the opposite, too few words. I'm afraid 75% of this story will be written during the revision stage. But I suppose there's only one way to find out - keep writing. And maybe when I have a few of these under my belt, I'll get more words in the first time.Terri Osburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post-40397807151619192502010-01-27T12:27:51.325-05:002010-01-27T12:27:51.325-05:00Great blog Santa! I recently read Stephen King...Great blog Santa! I recently read Stephen King's On Writing, which helped me look at all of the extra words in my manuscript with a more critical eye (especially the adverbs).Sarah Tormeyhttp://www.sarahtormey.comnoreply@blogger.com