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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic That old enemy, Perfectionism in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 3 years, 11 months ago
I’m not sure you can, or should, avoid perfectionism. Yes, by all means, when you are scribbling down your first draft, avoid it certainly. But not when doing your major edit. (You said ‘revising’ so maybe you’re not editing yet.) But when you are, it’s the perfect word or phrase that you’re searching for and nothing less should satisfy.
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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Mobile phones in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 4 years, 9 months ago
If it’s on Google it MUST be correct!!!
But it doesn’t really matter, if, within the context of what you write, it IS correct. As long as you “hang a lantern” as Harry Bingham of Jericho Writers, puts it, your readers will believe you. Go for it! -
Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Mobile phones in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 4 years, 9 months ago
Yes, but… Who would repeatedly ring a number that kept going to voicemail? Some might try twice but no more than that, surely.
And I suspect that perhaps the caller is no longer in a position to make repeat calls any more than the receiver is able to answer, but I’m just guessing.
I still think the simplest answer is to establish early on that…[Read more]
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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Mobile phones in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 4 years, 9 months ago
It sounds a wonderful last line and conjures up all sorts of possible scenarios; I can understand why you want to be able to use it. I wonder whether you can, though.If, as Daed suggests, you can prove it works by testing turning off your own voicemail, fine, but I suspect phone companies have a system that will automatically disconnect a call…[Read more]
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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Making sense? in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 4 years, 10 months ago
Ah yes. The previous line makes all the difference. I think it works fine.
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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Making sense? in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 4 years, 10 months ago
Crossed with you, Jonathan.
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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Making sense? in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 4 years, 10 months ago
At face value, John, to me it means the opposite. “Never regret not taking the adventurous decisions.”
The things you didn’t do? Maybe they were missed opportunities, but maybe not. Maybe they were best left alone. It’s all water under the bridge now, so there’s no point in spending time and effort on regretting what might have been.To mean…[Read more]
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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Publishing deal!! in the forum Podium 4 years, 10 months ago
Write on, Girl! Terrific news. Well done.
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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 4 years, 10 months ago
Thanks, again, for all the good advice and reasoning, too.
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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 4 years, 10 months ago
Thanks again for all the advice, guys.
It’s clear I should stick with “A Lyttle Goes a Long Way”.But the subtitle:
The Improbable Tale of an Ulster Storyteller
The Improbable Life of an Ulster StorytellerThe Remarkable Tale… or Life…
The Extraordinary Tale… or Life…or some other type of Tale… or Life…?
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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 4 years, 10 months ago
Further thanks to Kate, Kaz and John. It seems I really ought to stick with my working title. So how about:
A LYTTLE GOES A LONG WAY
The extraordinary life of an Ulster StorytellerOr is it better without a subtitle?
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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 4 years, 10 months ago
Thanks, Squidge. No, I do like the original title (You should see the length of the list of “Lyttle” puns I rejected before choosing this one! There’s already a completely unrelated book out there called “Lyttle by Lyttle”, my first thought.) I just wondered if I could grasp readers attention without using his name. Maybe I’m worrying needlessly.…[Read more]
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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 4 years, 10 months ago
OK, thanks for the feedback GG
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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 4 years, 10 months ago
OK, so I could still go with “A Lyttle goes a long way”. I agree it’s a nice pun, although any pun could put some people off, I suppose. I was hoping to avoid using his name in the title as though it is his name, alone, that makes it worth buying the book – and if it doesn’t happen to ring a bell with you, why would you buy it?
Would this revised…[Read more]
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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 4 years, 10 months ago
Thanks Gipps. THe working title is better, eh? Perhaps you three are right. But jaw-dropping is a strong word; thanks for that.
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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 4 years, 10 months ago
Thanks, Squidge, for your insightful comments. Interesting that the working title would catch your eye without even knowing about WG Lyttle. I agree the other bit wasn’t really a strapline – more part of the blurb, as you say.
Bella, I love the idea of ‘Hold the Front Page.’ Unfortunately it would be anachronistic; back then the front page was…[Read more]
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Tony Lyttle started the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 4 years, 10 months ago
Hi folks, I’m afraid I’ve only been able to pop in here intermittently of late, as I’ve been very busy finishing the biography I’ve been writing of my great-grandfather – the son of a cobbler who became a newspaper proprietor, writer and renowned stage entertainer reading his witty short stories, in 19th century Ulster; I’m at the editing stage…[Read more]
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Tony Lyttle posted a new activity comment 5 years ago
Hi Athers, I’ve joined JT to see what WordCloud Mk2 looks like – and asked to be your friend 🙂 I think, while we all wished Harry well with JerryCoats, we thought it would come back to this eventually. Whether it will ever regain the self-perpetuating impetus of WordCloud we’ll just have to wait and see.
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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Publishing Deal in the forum Podium 5 years, 3 months ago
Terrific news, Philippa. Congratulations!
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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic My Publishing Nightmare – the story of a book deal gone bad (Part 1) in the forum Blogs 5 years, 3 months ago
Very interesting to read this, Daed. I’m looking forward to the next parts. Congrats on your honesty and willingness to share. It should be very helpful for all of us.
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