Rough drafts = Yoda-speak

OK, so ... I'm editing this weekend (HURRAY!) - and killing it, I might add - when I discovered this gem in my copy:

“So … who are you to your prom going with?”

Wow. Really?  

A fine example of the brain working faster than fingers can type. And a lesson on how careful proofreading can help you avoid embarrassingly mangled dialogue such as this. 

Unless, of course, you actually are writing a story about Yoda in high school. 

OK, where was I?

Remember back, over a month ago, when I was full of great editing ideas and had conflicts and choices and consequences pouring from my brain?

Well, life got in the way, and I just opened my ms and was all, "Huh?"

Dammit. That stinks. Got to get that momentum back.

Luckily, I'm an obsessive note-taker, so I'll get back on track.

(It didn't help that I just spent an hour getting some random person's email and phone number off my Blogger/Google account. GRRR.)

It also doesn't help when I'm feeling so burnt out that I can't even think of staring at my computer screen for a moment longer. (I'm a proofreader/editor by day.) But those times that I've persevered and powered through that feeling have been some of my most productive edits.

So ... I'll wrap this up because there is no work assignment waiting, no kid activity to go to, no Red Wings game on TV ...