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Catherine Le Bars said:
uh oh, I am guilty of both :rolleyes:
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I think we all are at one time or another, for some audience or another. I find myself budgeting my words, figuring out which details are worth how many words, and how efficiently I can describe a setting. I'm pretty sure that this is underwriting, but that's what I need a second set of eyes for (and third, fourth, etc...)
 
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