13 Matching Annotations
  1. Feb 2025
    1. and I sat there blinking.

      They are so used to how their dad interacts with the pole it because an every day thing. It was never questioned at that point like it was just a known thing.

    1. the tangled nest of red yarn remained on her head, drenched with sweat

      Very descriptive! It describes a well played with dal and it shows' it and it is very thought provoking.

    1. But John says if I feel so I shall neglect proper self-control; so I take pains to control myself,—before him, at least,—and that makes me very tired.

      Forcing herself to neglect herself and how she is feeling. It is taking a large tole on her

    1. Writers sometimes choose their narrator and point of view via the trial-and-error method.

      Go with the flow. Its okay wo rewrite things to figure out what sounds or works the best.

    1. She had no dowry, no expectations, no means of being known, understood, loved, wedded, by any rich and distinguished man; and she let herself be married to a little clerk at the Ministry of Public Instruction.

      The narrator takes the time to list all these aspects of the character's life because of how significant they are. While they are not something that is used now and have no effect on how people marry today. They had a huge effect on how people married in the past.

    1. A little girl was driving home her cow, a plodding, dilatory, provoking creature in her behavior

      Is a good description on what this doing and gives the reader a brief view on how the girl thinks and see her cow

  2. Jan 2025
    1. But when she put the lid on she thought she heard something crying.

      She's a very lonely person and because of that she has turned to judging others that are a round her. She judges them as a way to distract herself from how she is truly feeling.

    1. Instead of using these adverbs, describe the scene. Show the behavior (action) of the character that is angry. Describe the behavior of the character that is sad and so on.

      You could think of it like a play. You have the script and know how the character that you are playing feels, but you have to be able to show that to the people in the crowd or reading how the character feels.

    1. The first draft can feel like a polished final draft to the writer.

      As someone who is new to weighting I find it a little difficult to not just finish my righting on the first draft. I find it hard to go back and try and add or take out what is or isn't needed.