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Author Topic: grrr, editing again  (Read 1030 times)
tenured_feminist
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« on: January 04, 2008, 10:52:14 AM »
Just finished a book review that I like a lot. The problem is, I got carried away because the book is both interesting and provocative and wrote 3x as much as I was allowed. Now I have to go back and cut out all the interesting pieces where I extended the implications. I pleaded for mercy and got none.

I will never again agree to do a book review of under 1000 words. By the time you've done a minimal summary, you're done, and if I'd wanted to write Cliff Notes, I'd have gotten a job doing that.

I want to cry.
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crazybatlady
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« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2008, 12:31:21 PM »
Oh, TF, that's never any fun--especially for a book you enjoyed! How frustrating.

I always get in trouble with book reviews, and I agree about the 1000-word minimum.

Good luck!

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« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2008, 03:33:47 PM »
I've posted this here before, but word for word, I think book reviews may be the hardest type of writing I've ever done.
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« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2008, 04:23:22 PM »
In the midst of doing another one now. Word limit? 800.
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hollow_man
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« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2008, 07:48:11 PM »
Wait... book reviews are just for getting free books.



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