Tag Archive: editing

Nov 11

The backbone of good writing — Editing

Editing

It’s editing time again, woohoo!  I’m both teaching the subject in my Craft of Writing class this week, and spent all of yesterday listening to the wonderful Margie Lawson teach her EDITS system and Empowering Your Writing. Which means that, yes, I’ve got a ton of work to do on my WIP. The very first …

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Aug 26

Revision Hell

Revision

It’s such a great concept isn’t it? Well, if you were writing a horror story, that is. Which I was trying to do just a few short weeks ago. I failed miserably in the horror/scary department. I turned out a very nice story, though. Doesn’t that just suck, I tried to write something scary and …

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Nov 21

The POS

Pile-of-papers-resized

Nora Roberts calls hers the POS — pile of shit. Jennifer Crusie calls her own the “Don’t Look Down” draft. I’m trying to decide what to call my first draft. I edit as I write — yes, yes, I know, some people say that stifles their creativity, but I’m already a left-brained writer.  I plan …

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