Wishlist Cont. (Page 7 of 9)

Not a request, a question: Does the new site have the 5,000 word/chapter limit?

As Temple said, NO, njc.

This! Great suggestions that also keep other limitations in mind. This will solve most of the navigation "issues" for me too.

I particularly like to read the reviews left by other reviewers I know, or the reviews of my reviewers' own works. It's to get their perspective and to avoid repeating nits. Sometimes I'll reinforce an opinion given by someone else. I vary as to whether I read other reviews before or after I've left my own.

Not sure this is the place, but ...

It depends on what I'm thinking about writing.  Sometimes I prefer to start cold.  If I see a couple of nits and no more, I'll generally check to see if the nits have been caught.

I checked my O.E.D. and found high-school and high school, but not highschool.  Definitions were given for North America and the UK.  Where are you? 

As for rear view, I think it depends how you use it.  Adjective: "Bob looked out the rearview window."  vs  noun + descriptor:  "The window was so dirty there was no rear view."

But now that I write it, I'm not so sure.  Leave it as is.  JP

I use Word or OEWriter.  Sometimes, when I finish a chapter/story, I change the dictionary from English-US to English-UK and run the spell-check again.  The words are flagged that I might want to take a look at and make more 'international'.

This is from my 'for what it's worth' department.

~Tom

For you Aussies, Canadians, and Brits - you have to decide which market(s) you want your book in. I've read Higgins, Forsythe, Follett, Le Carre, Greene, and let's not forget about Ian Fleming. I might have glided over it, but I can't recall their using UK, as opposed to American, spellings for their words. Obviously, their target was the American audience. "Highschool" and "storey" might be fine in London, but "high school" and "story" are what New York expects to see. I let these separated-by-a common-language examples go when I review, but any authors seeking an American publisher should keep that in mind. Or not, and let the American editor worry about it.   Now, "bonnet," and "lift," and "bangers" are appropriate terms for English characters to use; the American eqiuivalents wouldn't be appropriate.

The O.E.D. is quite a tome - wish I had one, JP - but it has a British basis. Give me Merriam-Webster any day! This has started an interesting thread, and I hope to see more of it.

Ah, yes, Janet - good point. Before the American colonies developed their own lexicon, the British dictionary ruled! I already feel kinda bad about chiming in on what is supposed to be a "Wish list" forum, but it was here, so what can I say? No telling where these threads will spin off to.   So, Dags, I agree, this isn't the place for such a discussion. If there is another, more appropriate venue, I'd be in favor of it. So what group are you referring to, Janet?

I checked out the forums on that site, Janet. Not a lot going on over there. So maybe you could stir things up in that group.

I would recommend using the Writing Tips & Advice group for such a discussion. If we keep putting all threads in Premium, we'll soon have all kinds of unrelated conversations here that were intended to belong in other groups. Otherwise, why have them?

Either way, let's take this out of the Wish list thread.

Dirk

having those two links (Report & Delete) on the left would be a wonderful idea.  I, also, have nearly hit the Report link (as well as the delete key - which got rid of a long post of mine causing me to have to recreate it).  I use a 1600x900 screen and still this happens.

~Tom