tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post7773903773763868546..comments2024-03-07T04:13:36.330-06:00Comments on The Storyteller's Inkpot: Word Tics: Just So ManyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-72909558514375432972011-08-30T20:09:25.651-05:002011-08-30T20:09:25.651-05:00"Just" is definitely a tic here. And &qu..."Just" is definitely a tic here. And "real" shows up often. Like, Bigfoot, has discovered, this word is part of the protagonist's voice, his real southern voice, but a tic, no doubt.Mellisa Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350597062105039404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-66907814345835236342011-08-29T11:13:57.283-05:002011-08-29T11:13:57.283-05:00The tic I’m aware of is my narrator saying “I gues...The tic I’m aware of is my narrator saying “I guess” 50 million times. I think it’s specific to this particular novel. It’s part of the character’s voice, but I still need to weed out about 49 million of its uses.Bigfoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057862302489279721noreply@blogger.com