I wanna read that article when my brain cells have reassembled themselves.
After copyedits.
Because there is nothing quite like copyedits to make you feel monumentally STUPID.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Barb - Apr 30, 2010 7:43:58 pm PDT #3283 of 6700
“Not dead yet!”
Gudanov - May 03, 2010 5:53:40 am PDT #3284 of 6700
Coding and Sleeping
I didn't have much time over the weekend, but I did a bit of editing. I killed chapter 11 in the process.
Barb - May 03, 2010 6:53:15 am PDT #3285 of 6700
“Not dead yet!”
I hit my first WTF? moment in the copyedits. CE questioned my use of the title "Dr." for a character who has a Ph.D., not an M.D. stating that people with Ph.D.s don't commonly use Dr.
Connie Neil - May 03, 2010 6:54:43 am PDT #3286 of 6700
brillig
Well, Miss Manners would agree in theory, but she also says to address people the way they want to be addressed.
Gudanov - May 03, 2010 6:57:13 am PDT #3287 of 6700
Coding and Sleeping
The principal of my Elementary School was Dr. Forest Fernkauf and he had a Ph.D. in handwriting. He made the films we watched when learning to write cursive.
SailAweigh - May 03, 2010 7:00:20 am PDT #3288 of 6700
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
My dad never used Dr. before his name, his Ph.D. is in physics. The only one who did was his mother. Proud mothers FTW!
I suspect in some fields, using Dr. may be more prevalent, but I work at a university and I don't know anyone who actually does.
sj - May 03, 2010 7:04:19 am PDT #3289 of 6700
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Every prof with a PhD that I had in college used Dr, and my high school principal used it.
Connie Neil - May 03, 2010 7:09:34 am PDT #3290 of 6700
brillig
Advanced theologians use Dr. as a matter of course, as far as I can tell.
Barb - May 03, 2010 7:17:39 am PDT #3291 of 6700
“Not dead yet!”
Every music professor I knew who had a Ph.D. used it as a matter of course--
Thing is, with respect to the MS, I have a character who is referred to throughout as "Dr." He's not an M.D., but a Ph.D. in music ed, which is clearly inferred although I don't spell that out specifically because it's not pertinent to the story other than the guy is a control freak and one who is very big on status (which is made very clear) hence, the use of "Dr.".
Connie Neil - May 03, 2010 7:28:16 am PDT #3292 of 6700
brillig
Such a man would use Dr., and it shouldn't be changed.