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Date Posted: 19:02:51 05/21/08 Wed GMT-5
Author: Liz (deep in editing do do)
Author Host/IP: edtntnt3-port-399.dial.telus.net / 161.184.181.145
Subject: Story woes

I've been editing one of my stories - written quite a while ago. Tip #1 - leave it until you can approach it as a reader, done.
In this story I have a couple of conversations that I use quotes and are present time but then I have a capsulating paragraph within the scene. eg. Then she tells me something that I would never have thought of, how suddenly she finds herself under a miscroscope from everyone....
I bring it back to real time with a transitionary sentence and continue with quote unquote dialogue.
Any well read writers out there who can say 'that's just like the writing of...???' I feel like I'm breaking some dialogue rules here but I'm not convinced I can tell the story better with he said, she said on everything.
The story is written deeply first person masculine. Confessional in tone even.
Any and all suggestions or comments welcome.
Liz

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