POST 25

By Darrell J Banks

Well, I fell asleep on the Oscars ™ again.  I think I heard  J. Leto win for best supporting actor. I wanted to see the happy song hopefully they will put it up on you tube. Then I woke up and saw the good parts best actress, actor and film.   What was even better I got to see Jimmy Kimmel’s show.  That was fun with K Spacey and the other Oscar winners who showed up and taped their segments.

Now that Cate has won, perhaps I can now write a script for E. Thompson who should have been nominated for   “Saving Mr. Banks." 

But first, I must finish editing another short story. It took one hour to input my notes into the first page of a six-page short story.  This brings me to online editing. Perhaps you have seen a few errors in my blog posts, a spelling there a glitch of grammar.  Well that is the problem with online editing the human eye can only stand staring at a computer screen for so long.   But as they say at the print shop no excuses. Three hours is usually my maximum with breaks. Thus, I often edit anything I intend to sale by printing them and checking for

1. Copy errors

2.  Page lay out

3. Spelling forwards and backwards

4.  Checking the grammar and my sentence structure.

5. Paragraph formation

6. And one final reading before posting for sale.

This process usually works in all genres and formats but like the NY Times or Washington Post you may find errors.

Next post back to the movies.