Posts Tagged ‘revision’
New Shoes Kick Point-of-View Blues
Posted by: Ondine Brooks Kuraoka on: May 23, 2011
- In: discussion | editing | revision | writing
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I’m now in the second week of a twelve-week online Book-Writing Workshop (www.allwriters.org/on_line_classes.asp#BOOK-WRITING) with Kathie Giorgio, author of The Home for Wayward Clocks (Mainstreet Rag Publishing, 2010). I’m using the course to revise my novel-in-progress, with the working title of “Sisters of Aguamiel.” Each student (so far, six are participating this session) may submit up [...]
How Do You Spell Success? C-O-M-M-I-T-M-E-N-T
Posted by: twtrifles on: April 14, 2010
- In: writing
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Oh. My. Gosh. I had to look up how to spell commitment. Did it have two m’s or two t’s? Scary that. Anyway, recently a writer friend of mine told me she just wanted to see if she had what it takes to write a publishable novel. Here’s the thing: what it takes it c-o-m-m-i-t-m-e-n-t. [...]
Kill Your Darlings
Posted by: pageadaywriters on: March 14, 2010
- In: writing
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“In writing, you must kill your darlings,” said William Faulkner. As writers, we’ve heard this advice when it comes to editing our work. We have to be willing to “get rid of” the prettiest of writing if it doesn’t move our stories forward. But if you’re not into slaying, there may be other ways to [...]
Don’t Bother Me…I’m on Vacation
Posted by: mzivewriter on: February 28, 2010
- In: writing
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Seven days ago I finished the latest draft of my memoir. There is something extraordinary about these seven days. I haven’t touched the memoir since. Why? I’m on vacation. No, I’m not lying in a chaise lounge eating frozen grapes and sipping a margarita under a palm tree. I’m not surfing in eighty degree water. [...]
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