I wasn't necessarily asking for a beta but it's what I needed, lol. I didn't have time to give the story a 2nd glance. I literally wrote the last word, saved it then copy and pasted it here to beat my deadline.
I don't usually ask for betas for my short fics (I don't like bothering people and I sometimes finish a lot of stories at the same time). I just needed someone to look at it and tell me if I made some glaring spelling/grammar errors.
Which you pointed out (THANK YOU) and now I feel like an idiot, lol.
1. THANK YOU for pointing this out because I think I've been writing it "lightening" for... always and didn't even notice I was spelling it wrong. *facepalm* That's one of those things I should have caught years ago and just never even noticed. And the really sad part is all those times I wrote the word I had to say it slowly in my head and then would spell it with the "en". D'oh. I'll go back and fix that right away.
2. I'll take a look at it and see what I can work out. I do tend to start off with long paragraphs. I think, actually, the first paragraph was split in two when I first wrote it then I combined them when I typed it up but I'll reread it and see if I can make it work better.
3. Yeah, I realized at the end that I didn't mention that earlier.
4. Sometimes I get hit with a moment of brilliance. I love that line, too.
5. Those were like just tossed in at the last second because I needed something to tie back to the beginning (ah, those lessons you learn in 7th grade English class)
Thanks for pointing that stuff out, especially the lightning thing. I feel like a dope for never realizing that error. All those storm stories... LOL.
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Date: 22 Jun 2011 04:07 pm (UTC)I don't usually ask for betas for my short fics (I don't like bothering people and I sometimes finish a lot of stories at the same time). I just needed someone to look at it and tell me if I made some glaring spelling/grammar errors.
Which you pointed out (THANK YOU) and now I feel like an idiot, lol.
1. THANK YOU for pointing this out because I think I've been writing it "lightening" for... always and didn't even notice I was spelling it wrong. *facepalm* That's one of those things I should have caught years ago and just never even noticed. And the really sad part is all those times I wrote the word I had to say it slowly in my head and then would spell it with the "en". D'oh. I'll go back and fix that right away.
2. I'll take a look at it and see what I can work out. I do tend to start off with long paragraphs. I think, actually, the first paragraph was split in two when I first wrote it then I combined them when I typed it up but I'll reread it and see if I can make it work better.
3. Yeah, I realized at the end that I didn't mention that earlier.
4. Sometimes I get hit with a moment of brilliance. I love that line, too.
5. Those were like just tossed in at the last second because I needed something to tie back to the beginning (ah, those lessons you learn in 7th grade English class)
Thanks for pointing that stuff out, especially the lightning thing. I feel like a dope for never realizing that error. All those storm stories...
LOL.