tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16694337.post5168368044765575274..comments2023-10-30T05:07:43.880-07:00Comments on Kimberley’s Wanderings: As PromisedKimberley Griffiths Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03269829969442171522noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16694337.post-81680997657476731282007-07-21T20:46:00.000-07:002007-07-21T20:46:00.000-07:00Hey, thanks for the comments, Barbara and Sarah! T...Hey, thanks for the comments, Barbara and Sarah!<BR/> <BR/>Those "ly" words get us every time, don't they? When I'm drafting it always seems like the perfect word when I'm so earnestly trying to convey the emotion or a character's expression, but later that same word feels like I'm trying too hard or I realize that I'm only skimming the surface of the emotion. <BR/><BR/>I was amazed that it took me SO LONG to do this exercise though. I spent about three long revision days!<BR/><BR/>Barb - I find it interesting that your copyeditor marks them for you. I think that's really cool. I don't recall my past copyeditors doing that, but maybe it's been too long to remember . . . thank goodness for astute copy editors, eh?Kimberley Griffiths Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269829969442171522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16694337.post-14414703465314603742007-07-20T02:17:00.000-07:002007-07-20T02:17:00.000-07:00I have done this. I searched for LOOK, FELT and "...I have done this. I searched for LOOK, FELT and "LY"<BR/><BR/>I am also careful to not accidentally repeat a word from the previous paragraph.Sarah Blake Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05849468829272752689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16694337.post-36445915846897667732007-07-18T08:04:00.000-07:002007-07-18T08:04:00.000-07:00I love this post, Kimberley - because it always am...I love this post, Kimberley - because it always amazes me how we don't SEE those words we are using so many times. Thank goodness for copyeditors. When I get my ms. back and it has a little red checkmark over words I use a lot, I am always shocked. HOW did I miss them?<BR/><BR/>My overdone words? NOW, THEN, and EVERY NOW AND THENBarbara O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772206568826059623noreply@blogger.com