How finicky is too finicky?

[pameladean]

So I'm going over the scanned text of The Dubious Hills to catch errors and to confirm its correspondence with the originally published version. Early on, something reminds Arry of "one of Beldi's paintings." I had forgotten that Beldi ever painted anything, and was considering this in the light of the short stories (all striving to be novels,

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[sartorias]

#3, add 'anymore' to the sentence?

(I have to admit that I am a continuity freak once I trip over something, though these are almost all image-related.)

[pameladean]

Yes, that is actually an elegant possible solution; I will have to think on it.

I think being a continuity freak is a very useful quality in a writer.

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[tiger_spot]

That was my immediate thought.

[pameladean]

Now I wonder why it wasn't mine!

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[mizkit]

Because writers are people who will never use one word when thirty will do. :)

[alecaustin]

This seems like the most elegant fix that actually addresses things.

[pameladean]

Yes, it does; I will probably adopt it unless I am smitten with inspiration in the middle of the night.

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[rachelmanija]

No, wait, I actually like this suggestion better than mine.