Today I used Online Stopwatch to keep track of my writing hour. I knew that I was in that kind of writing mood when I would write for a bit then look for a distraction before going back to writing and I didn't want to cheat myself out of time. It worked really well. I finished off a brand new scene and began cutting and pasting bits out of the last draft for the next scene. There's a lot of stitching to go on for the scene to come together but it should be an easier one.

I was thinking a bit more about the he said, said he discussion and realised that when a characters name is involved I prefer 'said John' but if it's he or she I prefer 'he said' to 'said he'. I might have to see if Grammar Girl has ever covered this topic. In this episode about How to Use Attributives Grammar Girl seems to use the conventions that I prefer: said John, but, he said.


Number of revision hours completed: 3 hours.