Bad writer. No biscuit.

[mrissa]

Most lines of dialog should not contain the word "well." "Well" is "um" wearing a funny hat and Groucho Marx nose/glasses/moustache.

NO MORE WELL. The next character who says "well" in this scene is going to get shot through the head and buried in the garden, and the book and its sequel will have to go on without [reads ahead] the most major non-POV character. Crap. All right, so I'll give the shot-and-garden-burial a miss. Still, grumph and grarrrr.

This is my sixth novel, if you don't count the two I destroyed. I also write short stories. You would think that after five other books and N short stories, where N is a largeish number, I would not have to write "Well" every five words! Well, wouldn't you??? WELL???

Also, the next character who sighs in this or any other of my books is going to be beaten with an axe handle.

That is all.

Comments

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

I'm considering the use of tasers as non lethal, non-especially violent electroshock aversion therapy tools.

Plus, they don't result in bruises, incase your character has a nude scene coming up.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

For once, yes.

After I finished The Grey Road, I really, really needed to write about characters who got to have actual sex, after having done two young-YAs in a row, with kids for whom kissing was a big deal. After having written a few more books, I've decided that really, characters who are having actual sex are so totally overrated. Except I keep having them. Sigh.