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Wednesday 13 June, 2007

Suddenly

After reading this post I am going back to my draft of Bird and removing the word 'suddenly' because suddenly it has become clear to me that I am a culprit of using the word suddenly to attempt to create tension. I'm glad I read this:

"Never use the word suddenly just to create tension." --Writing Fiction

before I sent off my novel to be published.

Views from the Floor

Miss Eagle says:

You mean you made that decision, so suddenly? Just like that?

sophie says:

Yes, that's right. Suddenly. Just like that.

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