I'm working on a new novel.
I just wrote the following:
Gerald's mother came out the next morning and painted over it but the words still showed through, pale pink on the white fence.
A year from now, a copyeditor is going to want to insert a comma after "it" (...painted over it, but the words...)
I know.
And I will agree.
But I won't like it.
Because I don't HEAR that comma.
4 comments:
Of COURSE you're working again!!! Because you're a writer. And you're awesome. And many shades of brilliant.
xoxo,
K.
Her copyeditor came out the next year and painted over it but her style still showed through...
I don't hear it either, and hearing is the only way I ever use a comma.
I know exactly what you mean.
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