September 09, 2006

I Especially Dig It

. . . when members of my writing groups criticize my punctuation. One woman hates my semicolons, and another doesn't like my colons.

I believe they would like me to write simple, declarative sentences. Subject does verb with predicate. All rather short. And simple. Containing, perhaps, the occasional comma. And a sentence fragment for dramatic effect.

Look for me in South Florida. I'll be writing. Fishing. And hanging out in bars.

Posted by: Attila Girl at 04:02 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
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1 Is this some kind of plan to become the female writer version of Jimmy Buffet?

Posted by: the Pirate at September 09, 2006 12:09 PM (Rg0+S)

2 I was trying for Ernest Hemingway, but I'll take what I can get.

Posted by: Attila Girl at September 09, 2006 01:30 PM (kFfrz)

3 Yes!

Posted by: k at September 09, 2006 08:31 PM (GIL7z)

4 Write a scene where an angry writer brings an Ak-47 to her writers group and "scribbles" colons and semi-colons into her critics' bodies. That should shut them up. If it doesn't work offer them tasty brownies laced with arsenic. P.S. Your experiences have convinced me never to join a writers group.

Posted by: Sean Hackbarth at September 09, 2006 11:28 PM (RiZPJ)

5 No, no: this is the bad writer's group--not the good writer's group. Also, I'm just a bit sensitive right now, since I'm trying to finish the book. In general, writer's groups rawk.

Posted by: Attila Girl at September 09, 2006 11:47 PM (LEEsJ)

6 Just do it once for the looks on the other's faces. It could be priceless if you pull off the deadpan of course. That could be an idea for a scene, but that's starting to get a little too meta.

Posted by: Sean Hackbarth at September 10, 2006 10:04 PM (RiZPJ)

7 I once tried to publish, here, a fictionalized bit of dialogue from the good writer's group. Unfortunately, I was having problems with MT that night . . .

Posted by: Attila Girl at September 10, 2006 10:49 PM (LEEsJ)

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