Heidi

Heidi

52 years old
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Andorra
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  • Are your reading habits ...?
    Omnivorous
    And your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)
    Wuthering Heights, Vernon God Little, Anna Karenina, The Curious Incident of the dog in the night, Bridget Jones, Brighton Rock, Lord of the rings
    What are your working habits when you write?
    Disciplined
    Are you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?
    Prefer to let rip and edit afterwards
    Your ultimate writing ambition?
    To have published a novel
    Your worst habit?
    Not thinking the plot out in advance.
    Your opinion on the books industry?
    Too much celebrity and hype, but good books still get through
    Where do you write?
    at my desk
    What else do you want Word Clouders to know? eg: do you have 9 cats / like paragliding / eat nothing but tinned fish / work in the bath / live in Kettering?
    I have two burmese cats and a Belgian Shepherd dog. I like skiing, chocolate and learning Spanish.

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    Heidi Why is it that Tennessee Williams can get away with adverbs and I can't?
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      Heidi Good point, Barry. Sometimes we're too absorbed with the academia of writing to notice that actually its just a damn good story.Tennessee William's short stories are littered with them, and loads of repititions, but the sheer exuberance of it rushes you along rather than grates on you. The impressions just build and build.
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      Caducean Whisks You haven't got enough double letters in your name? Tee hee.
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    • Elysia
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      Elysia Because the world is a fundamentally unfair place. She says, using adverbs. Oh, the irony!
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    • Heidi
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      Heidi But my maiden name was Williams! Should never have got married.
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      Heidi PS Love the irony Elysia.
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    • Tony
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      Tony Just a reminder about adverbs, Heidi; there are three things you can do with them. 1) Delete it completely because it 's just not needed (like here). 2) Replace the verb with a stronger one that doesn't need the support of an adverb. Or 3) leave it unashamedly where it is because it's the ideal word for what you want to convey (like here). :-)
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    • Barry Walsh
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      Barry Walsh Heidi, I recently went back over one of the brilliant chapters of The Cairo Trilogy by Mahfouz. I found no end of adverbs, repetitions etc etc that we're all supposed to avoid. Yet I hadn't noticed while I was simply reading for pleasure. Goes to show that it's the story that's paramount. Some of the chapter might well have read even more easily for a bit more editing but... Emma D wrote a sharp blog on this recently http://emmadarwin.typepad.com/thisitchofwriting/2012/01/reading-like-a-reader.html
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    • Heidi
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      Heidi Thanks, Tony - you have coveyed perfectly to me, how to use adverbs expertly. For which I thank you graciously.
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    • Heidi
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      Heidi Good point, Barry. Sometimes we're too absorbed with the academia of writing to notice that actually its just a damn good story.Tennessee William's short stories are littered with them, and loads of repititions, but the sheer exuberance of it rushes you along rather than grates on you. The impressions just build and build.
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  • Tony
    by Tony 5 months ago
    Hi Heidi, Nice to see you in here again. I hope all is well with you.
  • Susanna
    by Susanna 8 months ago
    Hi Heidi

    Great to speak to you again - and thank you for your comments on the first draft of my new historical fiction novel. All very helpful as usual. I have posted a new draft but I haven't had time to address the points you have raised - Word Cloud seems to have been down over the last few days. I will be removing the first draft so as to avoid confusion. :)

    How is your writing going? Did you ever develop that fabulous story you wrote set on the beach with the dog, the good-looking Bosnian guy and the psychologist?

    Best wishes
    Susanna
  • Caducean Whisks
    by Caducean Whisks 8 months ago
    Thank you! He's not so tiddly any more - he grows by the day. Yes, I'd like to change his name but should you really muck about with people's names? :) What if he's a boy - called Maggie?
  • karen
    by karen 1 year ago
    Yes! The horse was called Bree and oh, how I wanted a horse just like him! Sunday evening can't come round quickly enough for me........
  • karen
    by karen 1 year ago
    Your comment about The Magician's Nephew made me remember all the Narnia books - I used to know the world of Narnia inside out - my favourite was The Horse and his boy. Love your choice of favourite books, particularly The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - loved it!
  • Aonghus Fallon
    by Aonghus Fallon 1 year ago
    I also like Digory and Polly a lot more. The Pevansie crowd are a bit priggish. for my tastes, anyway.
  • MinxieAD
    by MinxieAD 1 year ago
    Hello Heidi. It wouldn't be any trouble. I used to spend more time there than I do now, but do go there often. My friend lives in Leigham and we used to meet in the field with the kids for picnics and rounders etc! I'll definitely get some pics for you - may bring back some happy memories of picnics on summer eves :] x
  • MarkR
    by MarkR 1 year ago
    Just checked out your profile as I read your story on the forum.

    Andorra - how fantastic. Been twice for hols in Aug/Sep in Arinsal - just up the road from you. One of my favourite places in the world is the refuge on Coma Pedrosa. Stayed there a couple of years ago and saw the horses come for breakfast. An amazing setting - crying out for a scene in a novel.
  • Aonghus Fallon
    by Aonghus Fallon 1 year ago
    Thanks Heidi!

    As I already explained to BP, it's amazing what you can accomplish with a crash diet, a bottle of hair-dye and a little bit of photoshopping.
  • Caducean Whisks
    by Caducean Whisks 1 year ago
    Heidi, Hi! Inky has nominated your moroccan story for one of the best writings on the Cloud and I've seconded it. See Steve's new group of a similar name. Would you be able to re-post? Or tell us where the latest version is?
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