Posted: Sep 25, 2017 2:31 pm
I dont like making spelling mistakes even when making rough notes. I think that is me just being pedantic rather than OCD
But I am OCD about slang that be the coupling together of two words to make one. For example gimme instead of give me
I see that in a novel and I read it as the latter although I am trying to condition my brain into just reading words verbatim
The other thing that I am OCD about is the number of lines per page. I like mine to have a minimum of 35 although many do
not. More lines conveys the impression that the book is serious so worth reading but there be practical considerations too. I
wonder how much money the publishing industry would save if it had to publish a minimum number of lines per page. A 400
page novel with 30 lines per page for example would only have 343 pages if it was 35 lines per page. If that then becomes a
best seller selling 100 000 copies thats an extra 5 700 000 pages. What a colossal waste of paper that is. Publishing industry
is supposed to be one of the two most profligate in this respect [ law is the other ] Now one may say large font is better for
those with poor eyesight but I use a magnifying glass to read and I have no problem with that at all. I can not read books or
magazines with glasses just a computer screen. I have no idea why but does not bother me long as I can actually read them
But I am OCD about slang that be the coupling together of two words to make one. For example gimme instead of give me
I see that in a novel and I read it as the latter although I am trying to condition my brain into just reading words verbatim
The other thing that I am OCD about is the number of lines per page. I like mine to have a minimum of 35 although many do
not. More lines conveys the impression that the book is serious so worth reading but there be practical considerations too. I
wonder how much money the publishing industry would save if it had to publish a minimum number of lines per page. A 400
page novel with 30 lines per page for example would only have 343 pages if it was 35 lines per page. If that then becomes a
best seller selling 100 000 copies thats an extra 5 700 000 pages. What a colossal waste of paper that is. Publishing industry
is supposed to be one of the two most profligate in this respect [ law is the other ] Now one may say large font is better for
those with poor eyesight but I use a magnifying glass to read and I have no problem with that at all. I can not read books or
magazines with glasses just a computer screen. I have no idea why but does not bother me long as I can actually read them