I was studying a blog on deep editing and this made me laugh out loud, so I thought I would share.
Beware of flying body parts!
No: Her eyes flew across the room.
Yes: Her gaze flew across the room.
Regards, Parts is Parts
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Ha! You've reminded me of my first manuscript draft. I believe I had eyes crawling around a dungeon. Eew. Oh, the things we learn!
Thank you for an excellent and funny reminder.
Rocky
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2 comments:
No flying, roaming or crawling body parts. Check.
I once had a character who threw her hip forward. This is not easy because the rest of the body tends to follow. I guess it would be a good idea to do a word search on throw and threw as well as fly and few before wrapping up a "final" edit.
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