3892: Amazing
Amazing =| [tl;dr: why the Shit My Dad Says dad doesn't like Father's Day]
No calls today, makes me wonder if yesterday happened =/ but, he sounded like jobs were contingent on the references, so maybe... I dunno... the other agency called EVERY DAY I wasn't on assignment, so.
My current deadline is, by tomorrowTODAY, finish my third MoD submission--which I'm using as my swan song on the project because I pretty much don't expect MoD to carry THAT much momentum to support much more than the next volume. Also why I wanted in on the ground floor, but my writing sucked then.
Still sucks now, but I didn't entirely choose the parts that suck about MoD, so I can't change them to be less suck. Like that I pretty much only have so many words to write what happens and it ends up being rushed as a result.
Editing, though! I feel less comfortable about proofing than I did when I started, since it's entirely in my hands =| Like, when other people had veto power in the event I was being a total ass, I felt okay insisting on something that was purely preference, but now I wonder. My use of ellipses is almost 100% preference, especially since the "coded ellipsis" + period combo that's described as technically accurate on some sites looks AWFUL. I want to say replace all the coded ellipses so at least it looks aesthetically pleasing, but that may just be how the program makes them. Like fucking smart quotes. [FUCK those things!] So I have no idea whether the final product will look as awful--I expect a different, not-fixed-width typeface for the update--in which case I don't think it's worth detailing every instance and slowing down my progress [300 pages to go! D= AAGH].
The only consolation I have is that grammar is by and large a guide: I don't HAVE to have made that a complete thought [vs. cutting off at "The only consolation I have" before the colon, e.g.], even though it's proper. So I've cut corners by chalking things up to style [run-on sentences, not always using "and" to link phrases, sentence fragments, etc.] instead of spending twice as long per page than I would if I was a complete Grammar Nazi.
It makes me feel better about my own writing, anyway, the having autonomy. Maybe if I was allowed to just do the edits myself instead of saying, "You need to change X on page Y" a billion times -_-;
But I just couldn't listen to all that righteous talk, oh yeah...
No calls today, makes me wonder if yesterday happened =/ but, he sounded like jobs were contingent on the references, so maybe... I dunno... the other agency called EVERY DAY I wasn't on assignment, so.
My current deadline is, by tomorrowTODAY, finish my third MoD submission--which I'm using as my swan song on the project because I pretty much don't expect MoD to carry THAT much momentum to support much more than the next volume. Also why I wanted in on the ground floor, but my writing sucked then.
Still sucks now, but I didn't entirely choose the parts that suck about MoD, so I can't change them to be less suck. Like that I pretty much only have so many words to write what happens and it ends up being rushed as a result.
Editing, though! I feel less comfortable about proofing than I did when I started, since it's entirely in my hands =| Like, when other people had veto power in the event I was being a total ass, I felt okay insisting on something that was purely preference, but now I wonder. My use of ellipses is almost 100% preference, especially since the "coded ellipsis" + period combo that's described as technically accurate on some sites looks AWFUL. I want to say replace all the coded ellipses so at least it looks aesthetically pleasing, but that may just be how the program makes them. Like fucking smart quotes. [FUCK those things!] So I have no idea whether the final product will look as awful--I expect a different, not-fixed-width typeface for the update--in which case I don't think it's worth detailing every instance and slowing down my progress [300 pages to go! D= AAGH].
The only consolation I have is that grammar is by and large a guide: I don't HAVE to have made that a complete thought [vs. cutting off at "The only consolation I have" before the colon, e.g.], even though it's proper. So I've cut corners by chalking things up to style [run-on sentences, not always using "and" to link phrases, sentence fragments, etc.] instead of spending twice as long per page than I would if I was a complete Grammar Nazi.
It makes me feel better about my own writing, anyway, the having autonomy. Maybe if I was allowed to just do the edits myself instead of saying, "You need to change X on page Y" a billion times -_-;
But I just couldn't listen to all that righteous talk, oh yeah...