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When you see a movie that is based on a book, of course the book is better! I know that, you know that. Even books that are based on movies – Titan AE, X-men, The Mummy II – tend to be better than the movies.

In a book, you have one person to set down the rules, to form the image of what’s going to be presented, so on and so forth. An author is not limited by a one and a half to two hour time slot.

So of course the book is better than the movie. With a book, you are the director of the images that appear in your mind. (For the most part.) The majority of people out there love control, and a book can give you control in ways a movie can’t, even if you’re still under the main direction of the director (author).

There’s no need to say it anymore; least of all to me, a writer.

I know the book is better than the movie.

We all have our pet peeves in life. There are those little things – often involving other people – that annoy us beyond end. My pet peeves? Well, they mostly have to do with words…

My first pet peeve is a common mistake that I think is just one of those things that will never change. I see/hear it in music lyrics, in spoken words, even in the newspaper.

When you’re talking about a person, he or she is the person who said or did something. He or she is not the person that said or did something.

That is my biggest pet peeve of all time, and I’m fully aware I’m guilty of it at times.

Try checking your manuscript to see if you have this particular habit. Using “Find” on your word processor (Ctrl+F for Windows) and finding every “that” you have used may be tedious, but it’s definitely worth it in the end. Your work will sound much better if you talk about the people who do things instead of the people that do things.