Contraction Subtractions

Ahhh, the final stretch is upon me and I have the darn book nearly complete.  When I say complete, I really mean complete this time.  Unfortunately, there is but one endless finding that plagues me.  I keep running across contractions and apparently they are my bane.  I'm using them constantly throughout the bloody thing.   Not to worry though I believe I've caught most of them and took the document to a heightened state of professionalism.  It's simply amazing how much of a difference it makes in the work.  So much so I would like to challenge all of you to take a step back and look hard and long at your work in progress.  Does it make use of contractions like I'm, can't, he'll, etc.  Pull them out and read again.  See what I mean.  :P

So now you're saying, well it's dialogue so it's okay.  Here's where you and I would tend to disagree if this is your standing.  Sure I'll concede that there are times where a well placed "don't" is appropriate, but certainly not throughout the entire manuscript.  People are reading these books quickly and expecting high quality. Their minds will naturally contract the words for them if needed.  So keep from letting your book look like an elementary school kid wrote it and fix them.  It's tedium sure, but this is no time for laziness... It's the final stretch and you can do it.  lol  Have a good day...
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Below just for fun is my version of the above post written without the contractions...  Which one looks better, did you feel the voice of the two posts differed much?
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Ahhh, the final stretch is upon me and I have the darn book nearly complete.  When I say complete, I really mean complete this time.  Unfortunately, there is but one endless finding that plagues me.  I keep running across contractions and apparently they are my bane.  I am using them constantly throughout the bloody thing.  Not to worry though I believe I have caught most of them and took the document to a heightened state of professionalism.  It is simply amazing how much of a difference it makes in the work.  So much so I would like to challenge all of you to take a step back and look hard and long at your work in progress.  Does it make use of contractions like I'm, can't, he'll, etc.  Pull them out and read again.  See what I mean.  :P

So now you are saying, well it is dialogue so it is okay.  Here is where you and I would tend to disagree if this is your standing.  Sure I will concede that there are times where a well placed "don't" is appropriate, but certainly not throughout the entire manuscript.  People are reading these books quickly and expecting high quality.  Their minds will naturally contract the words for them if needed.  So keep from letting your book look like an elementary school kid wrote it and fix them.  It is tedium sure, but this is no time for laziness... It is the final stretch and you can do it.  lol  Have a good day...