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British Editor may be needed [message #38188]

Wed, 01 November 2006 22:24

timmy

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Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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I don't edit. I don't do it well. Others are far better than I am. I have just had a story presented to me that has promise, but it is set in a British Public School in 1970 and is an awesomely brave attempt at scene setting by a non Brit.

The problem for me is that it is like Dick van Dyke's Mockney accent in Mary Poppins. The incorrectness detracts from a good story.

I have suggested to the author, and I believe he may take the suggestion up, that he ask for editing help through here.

He has a second tale in a similar setting that I was less interested in, but good editing may change my mind there.

He's an experienced author, and he is choosing to push the envelope. It;s gone pretty well, but it needs "local knowledge" to polish it.

Two of us come to mind at once, Cossie and Nigel, but others may like the idea of helping, too.

Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School

		British Editor may be needed By: timmy on Wed, 01 November 2006 22:24
		Time-specific? By: Deeej on Wed, 01 November 2006 22:33
		Re: Time-specific? By: timmy on Wed, 01 November 2006 22:37
		Re: Time-specific? By: Deeej on Wed, 01 November 2006 23:01
		Re: Time-specific? By: timmy on Wed, 01 November 2006 23:10
		Re: Time-specific? By: Deeej on Wed, 01 November 2006 23:22
		Re: Time-specific? By: NW on Wed, 01 November 2006 23:24
		Re: British Editor may be needed By: Nigel on Wed, 01 November 2006 22:52
		I defer to Nigel ... By: cossie on Thu, 02 November 2006 00:24
		Re: I defer to Nigel ... By: timmy on Thu, 02 November 2006 07:09
		Tom Brown? ... By: cossie on Fri, 03 November 2006 03:03
		Re: Tom Brown? ... By: Nigel on Fri, 03 November 2006 08:21
		I'm probably not getting this... By: saben on Fri, 03 November 2006 10:57
		You were on the right track! By: cossie on Sat, 04 November 2006 03:13

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