tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378702741483615751.post8716560759315816329..comments2023-03-29T03:33:46.640-05:00Comments on The Unpublished Writers' Guide to Survival: NaNoWriMo - Pitfall #3 - Adverbs, Dialogue Tags and Other Horrid ThingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378702741483615751.post-80879896175893488662013-11-19T13:11:26.969-06:002013-11-19T13:11:26.969-06:00I think this would apply to any first draft. Write...I think this would apply to any first draft. Write now, edit later.LD Mastersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01202135756299574972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378702741483615751.post-53869144191735751342013-11-18T16:11:23.921-06:002013-11-18T16:11:23.921-06:00I knew what you meant. Now go eat. Food. Not co...I knew what you meant. Now go eat. Food. Not cookies. Not coffee. Real stuff.... like pizza!B.E. Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336115135400388268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378702741483615751.post-15150932882705996282013-11-18T16:10:42.863-06:002013-11-18T16:10:42.863-06:00LOL, we don't needs no permissions neither. ;...LOL, we don't needs no permissions neither. ;o)B.E. Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336115135400388268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378702741483615751.post-83364117711136602672013-11-18T16:04:36.429-06:002013-11-18T16:04:36.429-06:00**STINKING!!! Dang it. I'm so far gone I can n...**STINKING!!! Dang it. I'm so far gone I can neither type nor edit. Nor have I eaten today. Hrmmmmm. That might be the malfunction. *wanders off*Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378702741483615751.post-48172788663932918962013-11-18T13:05:37.037-06:002013-11-18T13:05:37.037-06:00"We don't need no sticking rules. This is..."We don't need no sticking rules. This is NaNoWriMo!" the ditzy, silver-haired woman with wrinkly face and stiff fingers shouted out loudly at the room filled with other determined people just waiting for this type of permission.<br /><br />You're welcome. ;)Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378702741483615751.post-49374685061557252402013-11-18T10:31:35.004-06:002013-11-18T10:31:35.004-06:00This one doesn't apply as much as it used to f...This one doesn't apply as much as it used to for me, Janet. It's one of those 'the more I write, the less I break the rules' things. But yeah, they are stupid. "Go forth and type madly," she asserted. ;o)B.E. Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336115135400388268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378702741483615751.post-7801168453993316502013-11-18T08:06:26.995-06:002013-11-18T08:06:26.995-06:00And therein lies my problem (OK, one of my many pr...And therein lies my problem (OK, one of my many problems) - I'm writing clean! And my editor brain that says "Avoid too many adverbs, don't rely on dialogue tags, show don't tell" is slowing down the 'typing away madly'! It's kind of like when you learn about POV/head-hopping and suddenly, books you loved before stall and stutter!! Stoopid rules!!<br /><br />Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297537075103893956noreply@blogger.com