The Oldest Confession: Revision history

30 January 2009

• curprev 23:0823:08, 30 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 15,140 bytes −13‎ →‎Critical appraisal: more rewriting
• curprev 23:0323:03, 30 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 15,153 bytes +14,174‎ →‎The critics: beginning to rewrite the order of the 6 Time reviews
• curprev 22:5822:58, 30 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 15,252 bytes +313‎ reworking the Condon cult sentence, harder than one might think
• curprev 21:3621:36, 30 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 15,263 bytes +324‎ rewrote the Time assessment
• curprev 21:2621:26, 30 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 15,253 bytes +314‎ →‎The critics: added a sentence to the lede, rearranged by dates -- will continue to rewrite, though
• curprev 18:3718:37, 30 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 14,939 bytes +4,133‎ put a sentence about the Condon cult into the lede
• curprev 18:3418:34, 30 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 14,790 bytes +400‎ last TIme review -- will rewrite and reorder later on
• curprev 18:2618:26, 30 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 14,390 bytes +488‎ a 1974 Time review
• curprev 18:1318:13, 30 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 13,902 bytes +3,096‎ yet another Time quote -- I'll straighten out the order eventually
• curprev 18:0318:03, 30 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 13,535 bytes +456‎ added another Time quote and footnote
• curprev 17:4517:45, 30 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 13,079 bytes +609‎ added another Time mag. quote and footnote
• curprev 17:3617:36, 30 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 12,725 bytes +252‎ added brief quote from Time, and footnote

28 January 2009

• curprev 23:3223:32, 28 January 2009‎ imported>Chris Day‎ 12,473 bytes +3‎ →‎Stylistic characteristics
• curprev 23:3123:31, 28 January 2009‎ imported>Chris Day‎ 12,470 bytes +1,664‎ →‎The critics: fix the bold problem
• curprev 22:4522:45, 28 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 12,455 bytes +1,649‎ →‎The critics: changed one word to two
• curprev 22:4322:43, 28 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 12,441 bytes +10‎ →‎The critics: minor editing
• curprev 22:4122:41, 28 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 12,431 bytes +1,625‎ put in a NYT review, tomorrow I'll figure out why some of it is in bold -- veddy baffling

26 January 2009

• curprev 20:0920:09, 26 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 10,806 bytes +3,832‎ →‎The characters: wayward comma indeed! You missed a numbe of *important* mistakes, hehe
• curprev 18:0718:07, 26 January 2009‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 10,795 bytes +1,152‎ wayward comma
• curprev 17:2217:22, 26 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 10,795 bytes +540‎ →‎The characters: filling out some of the other characters. Lula: "Her voice was higher than a dog's whistle... The sounds she made were like a well filled with drunken canaries." Hehe
• curprev 17:0517:05, 26 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 10,255 bytes +595‎ →‎The characters: expanded and rewrote the lede paragraphs

25 January 2009

• curprev 12:5812:58, 25 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 9,751 bytes +91‎ →‎The characters: added a little more info
• curprev 12:5512:55, 25 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 9,660 bytes +17‎ →‎The characters: added a space

24 January 2009

• curprev 22:5422:54, 24 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 9,659 bytes +14‎ →‎The characters: detail
• curprev 22:5322:53, 24 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 9,645 bytes +2‎ →‎The characters: minor word change
• curprev 22:5222:52, 24 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 9,644 bytes +1‎ →‎The characters: added a space
• curprev 22:5122:51, 24 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 9,643 bytes +859‎ →‎The characters: anent Dr. Munoz
• curprev 22:4522:45, 24 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 9,537 bytes +65‎ →‎The characters: more tweaking
• curprev 22:4122:41, 24 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 9,472 bytes +176‎ →‎The characters: rewriting and tweaking
• curprev 22:2922:29, 24 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 9,322 bytes +26‎ added a couple of words
• curprev 22:2722:27, 24 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 9,296 bytes −11‎ minor rewording
• curprev 22:0122:01, 24 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 9,307 bytes +535‎ more rewriting of the first two paras
• curprev 21:5521:55, 24 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 9,265 bytes +493‎ expanded the led para, breaking it into two, adding Heavy Thoughts; I suppose I'll be through with the Condon opus in, oh, say 30 years, at this rate
• curprev 21:2921:29, 24 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 8,772 bytes −12‎ some rewriting to the last sentence in the lede para
• curprev 21:2721:27, 24 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 8,786 bytes +2‎ changed "is" to "was". Like Oscar: "I spent all morning putting in a comma; then all afternoon taking it out...."

16 January 2009

• curprev 07:4607:46, 16 January 2009‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 8,785 bytes +1‎ →‎Origins: she anglicised

14 January 2009

• curprev 23:3423:34, 14 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 8,784 bytes +1,122‎ →‎The story: minor edit
• curprev 23:3323:33, 14 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 8,782 bytes +7‎ →‎The story: minor rewording
• curprev 22:4122:41, 14 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 8,775 bytes +1,113‎ moved a paragaph from Character to Story
• curprev 22:3322:33, 14 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 8,649 bytes +413‎ →‎The story: added some more info, basically telling what the book is about; added a section heading for Characters; also a Publication heading

13 January 2009

• curprev 23:0023:00, 13 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 8,236 bytes 0‎ →‎The story
• curprev 22:5822:58, 13 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 8,236 bytes +574‎ →‎The story: added a word
• curprev 22:5722:57, 13 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 8,230 bytes +24‎ →‎The story: redid info about the paintings
• curprev 22:5422:54, 13 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 8,206 bytes +199‎ →‎The story: adding some info about the characters; well, let's try listing them; not New Yorker style, or Edmund Wilson, but maybe 21st cent. encyl.
• curprev 22:3022:30, 13 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 8,007 bytes +345‎ →‎The story: A cheerful addition, the last words of the book: "His ruined face stared. She screamed. She screamed again. She could not stop screaming."

12 January 2009

• curprev 20:5920:59, 12 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 7,662 bytes +688‎ →‎The story: a paragraph about the characters
• curprev 20:4520:45, 12 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 6,982 bytes +8‎ →‎The story: minor editing

11 January 2009

• curprev 22:0522:05, 11 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 6,974 bytes +5,995‎ some info about Bourne, the protagonist -- and thanks for the "shock and awe" emdash, O Rheaux -- I wuz truly stunned by such bold, even audacious edit!

10 January 2009

• curprev 16:1716:17, 10 January 2009‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 6,044 bytes +1‎ Thorpe puts in em dash shock horror
• curprev 15:3915:39, 10 January 2009‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 6,043 bytes +1,413‎ →‎The story: editing