I just had a wonderful beta reader give me feedback on my starting chapter. Thank you <3
She pointed out something that was always in the back of my head.
To my amazement,
To my amaze,
I picked to use "To my amaze". I've considered multiple times to change it to "To my amazement", because people might not realise "amaze" archaically is a noun. In the end, I picked to use "to my amaze," because it just sounded better to my ear in that instance. However, I'm reconsidering again. The first chapter is the most important chapter of the book, right, to hook an agent? I'm not a published writer yet, so maybe it's better to pick the safe usage. I assume as a published author, I might have more say and get away with small things like this right?
Or am I completely wrong in the usage, and should just stick to "amazement"
She pointed out something that was always in the back of my head.
To my amazement,
To my amaze,
I picked to use "To my amaze". I've considered multiple times to change it to "To my amazement", because people might not realise "amaze" archaically is a noun. In the end, I picked to use "to my amaze," because it just sounded better to my ear in that instance. However, I'm reconsidering again. The first chapter is the most important chapter of the book, right, to hook an agent? I'm not a published writer yet, so maybe it's better to pick the safe usage. I assume as a published author, I might have more say and get away with small things like this right?
Or am I completely wrong in the usage, and should just stick to "amazement"
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