It's good to have a person to do in-depth corrections and criticism. :-)
I think I also rely on Vicky because she's family, so it's less embarrassing for her to see very rough drafts and I don't mind when she rips my words to pieces. Besides, we've been editing for each other (and trying to do collaborative writing) since as far back as I can remember. I used to open her computer files and correct her spelling -- she'd scream at me for invading her privacy -- and she'd read over my shoulder while I was trying to write and tell me I was being stupid. After that sort of thing, ordinary editing is peanuts.
I think I even still have a one-page story we co-wrote back when I was about 9 and she was 6. It is an utterly surreal thing with no plot, in which you can, if you squint, sort of discern her interest in geography and my then-obsession with Egyptian myths, but the sentence quality is pretty good for our ages! :-)
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Date: 2005-06-17 05:54 pm (UTC)I think I also rely on Vicky because she's family, so it's less embarrassing for her to see very rough drafts and I don't mind when she rips my words to pieces. Besides, we've been editing for each other (and trying to do collaborative writing) since as far back as I can remember. I used to open her computer files and correct her spelling -- she'd scream at me for invading her privacy -- and she'd read over my shoulder while I was trying to write and tell me I was being stupid. After that sort of thing, ordinary editing is peanuts.
I think I even still have a one-page story we co-wrote back when I was about 9 and she was 6. It is an utterly surreal thing with no plot, in which you can, if you squint, sort of discern her interest in geography and my then-obsession with Egyptian myths, but the sentence quality is pretty good for our ages! :-)