tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post4799860307922697826..comments2024-03-06T05:24:11.328-05:00Comments on Kelly Hashway: Writer Wednesday: Didn't You Just Say That?Kelly Hashwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936313159809041986noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post-38088425176243425762016-04-29T20:46:26.243-04:002016-04-29T20:46:26.243-04:00I don't know why we feel the need to repeat ou...I don't know why we feel the need to repeat ourselves but we all do it.Kelly Hashwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13936313159809041986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post-79366316618303899432016-04-29T20:45:01.807-04:002016-04-29T20:45:01.807-04:00Thanks!Thanks!Kelly Hashwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13936313159809041986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post-81868472847350435292016-04-29T20:44:45.310-04:002016-04-29T20:44:45.310-04:00It can be maddening.It can be maddening.Kelly Hashwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13936313159809041986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post-37455683341374770042016-04-28T12:30:28.950-04:002016-04-28T12:30:28.950-04:00Great tips! I'm working on a group project and...Great tips! I'm working on a group project and one big problem all of us have is "word echo." One of the collaborators will actually highlight both words and write "echo" as a comment and let us just pick which one we want to change...and that doesn't even include the other types of repetition we do!Stephanie Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post-3371179795270705642016-04-28T10:14:39.363-04:002016-04-28T10:14:39.363-04:00Great advice, Kelly! Great advice, Kelly! Auden Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13484527377996130004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post-60255802770094261082016-04-28T00:10:13.096-04:002016-04-28T00:10:13.096-04:00Hi Kelly, you made an excellent point, when a writ...Hi Kelly, you made an excellent point, when a writer repeats something again and again, its insulting to the reader. The book I am currently reading for review does that. There is so much repetition its driving me mad. Rachna Chhabriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900999965919504282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post-32433667729363862342016-04-27T17:50:34.046-04:002016-04-27T17:50:34.046-04:00Me too.Me too.Kelly Hashwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13936313159809041986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post-88602548269586733482016-04-27T17:50:21.690-04:002016-04-27T17:50:21.690-04:00lol Yes, that's very true!lol Yes, that's very true!Kelly Hashwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13936313159809041986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post-85752357630432650752016-04-27T16:31:24.258-04:002016-04-27T16:31:24.258-04:00Excellent point! I've caught myself a few time...Excellent point! I've caught myself a few times, usually during revisions when I'll forget I've already described something later on. Thanks for sharing, Kelly:-)diedre Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12772557495518846226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post-64434951528721088472016-04-27T12:22:41.783-04:002016-04-27T12:22:41.783-04:00I hate it when I find I've repeated the same i...I hate it when I find I've repeated the same information. Grrrr. cleemckenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456109243453726483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post-22606683491311413352016-04-27T11:39:40.403-04:002016-04-27T11:39:40.403-04:00Spot-on, as usual. I find that I conjure such repe...Spot-on, as usual. I find that I conjure such repetitions not in the first draft, but the second. They are almost always the result of a Beta who read the first draft and said s/he didn't understand something. In an instinctive way I think I better state it again, somewhere, because after all it was "in there" to begin with. On third revision I do the better thing-- making it clearer in a new way.<br />This sort of repetition to make a point is like being told by someone that they don't understand, so you say the same thing, only louder. The better way is to say it differently. Mirka Breenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653086859905415156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post-31059705525876582052016-04-27T11:01:59.350-04:002016-04-27T11:01:59.350-04:00Thanks!Thanks!Kelly Hashwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13936313159809041986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post-66518819772530066302016-04-27T11:00:49.879-04:002016-04-27T11:00:49.879-04:00Yes! I'm surprised by it too.Yes! I'm surprised by it too.Kelly Hashwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13936313159809041986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post-43991053119322159682016-04-27T10:58:37.495-04:002016-04-27T10:58:37.495-04:00Yes, movies and TV get away with a lot that books ...Yes, movies and TV get away with a lot that books cannot. Definitely different standards.<br /><br />I'll tackle your question next Wednesday. Thanks for the topic.Kelly Hashwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13936313159809041986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post-47081125571689139522016-04-27T10:42:03.969-04:002016-04-27T10:42:03.969-04:00Good advice, Kelly!Good advice, Kelly!William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post-75010562226680606722016-04-27T09:43:36.243-04:002016-04-27T09:43:36.243-04:00I'm so guilty of repeating myself. Thank goodn...I'm so guilty of repeating myself. Thank goodness for crit buddies! And it surprises me how many times I run into the narration/dialogue repetition in books from the big publishers. Why do they let that slide so often? As a reader, it's maddening. Almost insulting. Thanks for pointing this out, Kelly.Kai Strand, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10012304963642303041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086062096420008519.post-46446575330570702182016-04-27T08:54:02.963-04:002016-04-27T08:54:02.963-04:00A funny thing since in movies I hear of the power ...A funny thing since in movies I hear of the power of three. Show viewers the same thing three times in different ways to make them remember. We readers are too smart for that. *Wink*<br /><br />Question: How does someone go about becoming an editor and how you know how good you are at editing?Sheena-kay Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712661419116636671noreply@blogger.com