Writing Craft
The A, B, C, D and F of Editing Fiction
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August 15, 2016
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August 15, 2016
Here’s the process I’ll be trying out as I edit the nearly 500 pages of double-spaced text in my first draft.
Whose Head Is It Anyway?
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January 16, 2016
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January 16, 2016
Third Person Point-of-View A lot of books are told by a narrator.
Advice for Writers
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January 5, 2016
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January 5, 2016
When I started Serpent’s Smile with the “one chapter per week” goal, my writing process included a rewrite and an edit before each post.
Critique Group
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December 8, 2015
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December 8, 2015
In the Facebook search bar, try “YourCity writers workshop”, substituting nearby city/area names.
Profit From Your “Read It Free” Web Postings
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August 25, 2015
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August 25, 2015
The Martian by Andy Weir, his first novel and soon to be a movie (click for trailer), was originally published on the author’s personal website without charge.
When You Want to Spew
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July 17, 2015
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July 17, 2015
Writing from the heart occurs in two distinct phases: spew, and then clean it up.
Blogging vs Writing vs Thinking
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February 26, 2015
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February 26, 2015
In a blog, that process means there were several premature publications of that article and, depending on when someone looked, they would see different versions with different thoughts and, sometimes, different conclusions.
Wise Blood
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February 13, 2015
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February 13, 2015
Last night, I watched “Wise Blood” (1979 film production) as derived from the Flannery O’Conner novel of the same name.