03 March 2013

Notes - no regrets


         Almost time for bed. You spent much of the working day on setting up the old 'Natural Voice' program on the MacBook and running through some chapter one's to get the 'voice' right for Aunt Patsy and Uncle Ernie. The man's voice is more distinct to them so that is what you are using. You set the speed a touch slower so they can listen easier. The first few times you had the speed at twenty-nine minutes for a title +/acknowledgement/prologue'/first chapter; now it is thirty-four minutes. - Amorella

         2145 hours. I also discovered some corrections, mostly sentence flow when I hear it. I was going to do a rush job but have decided to take me time, do it right, and modify those Near Final Drafts a little more. It is not a waste of time. It is amazing how hearing the words (even if some pronunciation is not completely accurate) makes a difference for better Nearer Final Draft.

         Good. That was your call. Tomorrow take the time to listen to the whole chapter and make changes as you go along. It will be easier as the process becomes too complicated; otherwise, too many drafts floating around to be corrected later. - Amorella

         I don't want Owen and Brennan to think I don't know what I'm doing, and that I am attempting to be the best writer I can be in this circumstance, not the best writer.

         No arrogance here, boy. If you live long enough we'll get it done. If you don't, then it is no longer your concern. You'll leave a mystery for those who are readers. It'll give them, those deeply interested, something to wonder about. That's not all bad either. This is nothing to fret about either way, boy. You're covered. - Amorella

         Thank you, Amorella. Even if you are nothing but projected and personified imagination, you are a comfort, a friend. I have no regrets. - rho

         No, you don't. No regrets where it counts most keeps you free and honest and just where I need you to be. Post. - Amorella

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