Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Potholes and Grammar Gremlins

I'm edging ever so close to the finish line, but I am bogged down with grammar gremlins. I keep questioning my verb tenses. I sent off two scenes to my CP and she changed a lot of my past tense verbs from "had created" to "created" and now I am mightily self confused. I'm sure it's cause my brain hurts. Might be a sinus infection or could just be too much information.

Yup, the PRO loop has tons of grammar info floating around it about "ing" words and more. Now I am worried about all my "ing" sentences (not even going to go into detail there). Will fix in line edit.

Meanwhile, I chug on. I am finished chapter twelve's revision (for now). I am heading into the black moments and to add to my angst, I have overnight guests arriving tomorrow PM. That means I will have to park my writing cap earlier and, as I don't want to blow a gasket, I will take my time going through this crucial chapter. 

Is it a coincidence that my Black Moment chapter is CHAPTER THIRTEEN????? Yikes!

I've fiddled with the first 9 chapters a lot. Now I feel I must finish revising the rest of the book and then I'll go through the last 8 chapters again--read through and revisit via edits. I'm close to resolving some of my personal problems with the story. I hope I get them fixed (for now-to where I feel better about pitching it) soon. 

I have 5 more chapters. I'm giving myself 7 writing days to finish them. That's fair.

Oh, I want to finish sooooooooooo bad. 

But I feel the need for a bit of a slow down. My brain hurts. It needs a break. I am going to treat it to a dinner and a movie with the family today.