Reblogged from Jo Robinson at Lit World Interviews

I remember writing my first book, how I’d agonise over every sentence, desperately not wanting to commit some awful grammar faux pas. I’d haul all my books off my bookshelves and examine them minutely for all sorts of perceived faults in my writing – like correct sentence structure and trying to figure out how my writing heroes managed to make me hear and see their characters so intensely, rather than just read words on pages. This resulted in a horribly over-edited book, with bits constantly being taken out and replaced or moved around. Hello grammar gremlin hell of the future. They still pop up today.
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I do find there is a class of critic who almost side step the story and use of language so strong is the pleasure they get from pointing out errors. Its almost impossible to produce a completely error free book, so you just have to take it on the chin and tell yourself, “At least they are enjoying writing the review 🙂
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That’s not a bad way of looking at it, Peter.
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