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WTF, Google Docs?
RokofAges75:
I tend to end up with mistakes like that when I go back to edit a line, like change the way the sentence is structured ("A frown crossed his face" as opposed to "as he frowned"), and accidentally leave part of the original in there so it's redundant. That's why it's still important to actually reread carefully and not just rely on Google to catch everything. The text to voice trick is helpful with these kinds of mistakes too, as long as you're actually listening closely when it reads.
I caught a mistake the other day that I had missed so many times it got posted this way. I made a reference to Sphynkter and meant to describe them as an eighties "hair band," but I wrote "hair hand" instead LOL. I literally only caught it when I was looking for previous descriptions of a character's hands and did a Find & Replace for "hand." Otherwise it would still be online like that. *face palm*
nicksgal:
I think that was it. I'd tried to originally write "he frowned," hated it, and attempted to change it, lol.
LMAO! A hair hand! I can't think of anything I've done like that right now. I'm sure there are plenty, though. I'm editing this week's chapter tonight, so I'll let know if I come across something.
RokofAges75:
I hate how Docs randomly decides that a name you've already used multiple times in a story is now misspelled and should be changed to something else. It flagged the name "Jenn," as in the Boys' manager, who has already appeared in the story, and suggested she should be called "Jenny." No, Google, that's a bad Google.
FrickingKaos:
My Google docs does that too. It's so fucking annoying. It keeps trying to correct the name Sienna. It's like um sir I've been using her name in 40 chapters now
I'm pretty sure it's correct.
RokofAges75:
Yeah, I don't get it. Sienna is even a real word, not just a name!
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