As I sit here and look over the comments from my wonderful editor on my manuscript I am laughing at what she said. "Man, their faces must hurt from all this smiling and laughing. Is it possible to make a character too smiley? YES!!!!!!!!!!
It's sickening really as I read it back over. Who smiles that much other than Jim Carey? It makes a character unbelievable and the story read funny (No pun intended). People do smile and laugh, but not all the time. And what was I thinking putting she smiled sadly, what a contradiction!
So to keep this post short and simple, writing lesson for the day: People frown, they wink, lift a brow, cry, giggle, and yes even smile, but spread it out! One smile is sufficient every few paragraphs or even pages! Oh and to my editor:
"I'm sorry." Stephanie smiled, writing this blog post.
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