When global change fails
The main character's original name was Agnes. I liked it better. It sounded like a nice, thoughtful, middle-aged woman's name. But I didn't think I could justify that to Mrs. Gotta-Pick-the-Right-Name-for-Everyone. So I changed it to Nadia, using the global change feature. For some reason, that one instance of the old name was not changed. I was so used to seeing the old name from the first dozen rewrites that the one remaining example of it didn't get caught in subsequent proof-readings.
Actually, this was just a quiz to see who was paying attention. Yeah, that's right. A quiz. Right. Glad you all passed.
Comments (8)
allimom (Legacy)
"On the day Agnes died..." Is this Nadia? The name threw me for a loop when I thought another character was being introduced.
I like it though!
Alli
I like it though!
Alli
sillyrabbit (Legacy)
I was going to make the same comment as Alli....
I also enjoyed it! I don't know that I could have done that. I tend to ramble on and never get to the point. Great job!!!
Megan
I also enjoyed it! I don't know that I could have done that. I tend to ramble on and never get to the point. Great job!!!
Megan
TraumaMama (Legacy)
I liked it too! It drew me right in.
toverfee (Legacy)
Damnit, still can't access your friends only entries :(.
Yetzirah (Legacy)
Ah, those ARE a lot of constraints!
AND having to name the characters in meaningful ways.... could set me off into the looney bin.
I ALREADY have a hard time naming in my stories....
But it's true, writing to parameters DOES make you stretch. Paramiters? Paramaters?
Specific requirements! There!
Hope you get a good grade.
AND having to name the characters in meaningful ways.... could set me off into the looney bin.
I ALREADY have a hard time naming in my stories....
But it's true, writing to parameters DOES make you stretch. Paramiters? Paramaters?
Specific requirements! There!
Hope you get a good grade.
Antigone (Legacy)
Very nice. Well done. I like the name Nadia. My bf's father died of Leukemia. Some rare form not discovered until it was much too late to do anything about.
Best of luck with your writing class!
Best of luck with your writing class!
ElfWithAttitude (Legacy)
I too liked it, however it does not "feel" you are writing this.
I love your usual style...long, rambling and stops along the way about all the little interesting facts you normally *ramble* about.I love it when you stop us readers in mid sentence to smell the roses.
I was left feeling *I want more*. Does that make sense? Sort of got the bread without the filling.
I love your usual style...long, rambling and stops along the way about all the little interesting facts you normally *ramble* about.I love it when you stop us readers in mid sentence to smell the roses.
I was left feeling *I want more*. Does that make sense? Sort of got the bread without the filling.
Lilith (Legacy)
I echo what Elf said.