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Sep 19, 2015 at 3:11pm
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Edited: September 19, 2015 at 3:13pm
Just counted words.
In my combined work, I'm approaching 170 thousand words.

And there is NOT A 'he/she said in the lot. My reader will know who is about to speak, and how they sound, 'before' reading the line.
[ She leaned close and whispered, "....] And my reader will Know who She is unless there are more than just her in the conversation... then it would be ..[ Ochi leaned close to Dan and whispered, "... ]

( I was going to give an example of another author using his caricature's Full Name 3 times in 2 lines. It was on page 174 I seem to remember, but I couldn't find it. Anyway, by that time I knew who HE was.. I'm clever that way even if that author didn't think so.)

sorry about the Rant..... just bob
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Just counted words. · 09-19-15 3:11pm
by bobneH .. aka.. just bob

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