Tighten and Tone

My current work-in-progress that is. Don't even get me started about working out; the treadmill and I have an agreement to not discuss my big butt no matter how many times I walk by on the way to the laundry.  ;)

Anywho, back to the subject.

I'm preparing a new piece for the Nocturne Bites line. Specifically, I'm trying to complete it in time for the pitch contest. If I recall correctly, there were a little over sixty pitchers last year. That's some fierce competition, and I expect no less than year.

To really polish my drafts I'm taking advantage the Auto Critter. It's such a great little tool, I don't know how I edited without it. Using the basic (and free) "overused words" analyzer, problem areas of entire chapters are highlighted for me.

I use too many "that's" and "knows" it told me, delete at least four occurrences of each. I gladly did so. Too many words with -ing, delete some. Grudgingly, I did. I happen to think they show more movement than the standard -ed prefix so incorporate them often - apparently a lot.


My first and second chapters have really benefited from this online gizmo. I benefited from it. If you find yourself with a little time today, check it out, you might learn something about yourself.  ;)

~Hetal