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Mightyjock commented on 'A Million Little Versions (or nearly)'

Hey Emma, Really enjoyed this - in fact it was very timely as i have been struggling with a particular character and trying to make his speech and thoughts come over in a particular way. even just...

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Jules commented on 'A Million Little Versions (or nearly)'

Fascinating. I'm immediately drawn to some versions rather than others, and in some cases I can see why but in others it's not so clear. And I bet that in the contexts of certain writing I would find...

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Mike Clarke commented on 'A Million Little Versions (or nearly)'

Part of the reason it's taking me so long to write my novel is that I go through this process for nearly every sentence. My drafts are covered with arrows and annotations where I decide to restructure...

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Lev Parikian commented on 'A Million Little Versions (or nearly)'

This is fascinating. Thanks. I am fascinated by this and thank you for it. Fascinating. Ta. I send my gratitude to you for the fascinating thing that you have written. (continued on P.94)

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Margaret Morton Kirk commented on 'A Million Little Versions (or nearly)'

Nooo! Like Mike, this is exactly what goes on in my head far too often until my brain feels as though it's melting. I love your blog - for a new, not-very-technical writer like me, it's packed full of...

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Emma Darwin commented on 'A Million Little Versions (or nearly)'

I think it's so interesting the way that something like this - which seems a very dry and technical way to think about things - can actually be very fruitful. In some ways I think the narrowness of it...

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Emma Darwin commented on 'A Million Little Versions (or nearly)'

Yes, I suspect we all respond more to some than others - perhaps the ones which are most suited to our own natural voice. And others you might want sometimes, and some are downright awkward. I...

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Emma Darwin commented on 'A Million Little Versions (or nearly)'

Yes, I can see that that would take a while...

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Emma Darwin commented on 'A Million Little Versions (or nearly)'

Your... no, it's late, you'll have to do with a single Your Welcome. (not continued anywhere...)

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Emma Darwin commented on 'A Million Little Versions (or nearly)'

Hi Margaret - yes, don't go there if it does your head in!

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Annalisa Crawford commented on 'A Million Little Versions (or nearly)'

Wow! I suddenly that I maybe don't spend enough time thinking about how I write!

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Annalisa Crawford commented on 'A Million Little Versions (or nearly)'

And I certainly don't prrof read enough!! That was meant to say, I suddenly think that I maybe don't... etc...

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Emma Darwin commented on 'A Million Little Versions (or nearly)'

LoL Annalisa! I would say that you'd go nuts if you tried 60 ways for each sentence, but obviously Mike does just that, and isn't nuts, so... But I think this kind of thinking is really about training...

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Alicia commented on 'A Million Little Versions (or nearly)'

What a great many ways there are to say the same thing! I knew the same sentence could be written differently, but written out, it seems like such a long list.

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Emma Darwin commented on 'A Million Little Versions (or nearly)'

And that's not all of them - I was just looking at the list, and realising there's at least one more set, that would start: It was surprising to him, how fiercely he wanted to find out. It was...

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