So I've got 50000 words of text I need to proofread. I took December off because by the end of NaNoWriMo, I basically had the entire thing memorized and couldn't see typos because I knew what the sentence was supposed to say. Carmen happily helped out with a lot of the grammar stuff that I would've spotted during the proofreading, so I changed my
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I'll post my notes for the next parts as I get to them. Gaah, and I have to break this post up because it's too long. Bah.
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Prologue
They barely registered as present, but there were so many crowded in here now the air was beginning to feel heavy.
(The "here" reads a little strangely since all your POVs are 3rd-person rather than 1st.)
He watched her tuck something small and shiny into one of the belt's many pockets.
(Would a belt have pockets rather than pouches?)
"Just because they locked him up doesn't necessarily mean they were wrong to," the elf warned, but flounced away anyways.
("anyways" seems a little dialect-y for non-dialogue.)
The thoughtful gaze ... a liveliness to her gaze ... always had the same distrustful gaze ...
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Cool - so it's more like Batman's utility belt. Only Petra would never wear such an eye-wrenching yellow.
Yeah, especially since Teilomere seems more precise in his wording and all.
And, I admit I like my adjectives a certain way and keep itching to rearrange them. It's a personal failing.
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