Editing
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I’m on vacation this week and re-running a couple of my favorite posts. Enjoy! Go to any writing conference or eavesdrop on any writer’s critique group (both great things for the practicing writer, by the way) and if you hang around long enough, the subject of passive writing will be discussed—and usually with the same
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I’m on vacation this week and re-running a couple of my favorite posts. Today Southern Fried Fiction author Ane Mulligan visits In The Edit. Enjoy! In these posts, with the author’s permission, I look at their work pre-editing and post-editing—and at what I did to improve the piece. The idea is to catch a glimpse
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While I’m watching mental fireworks (no real ones, too much fire risk), enjoy this post from the past. I think the advice is still good. Earlier, we looked at ways to be more clear in your writing by eliminating redundancies and overwriting, and choosing simple words when appropriate. Now, let’s look at how the right
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In these posts, with the author’s permission, I look at their work pre-editing and post-editing—and at what I did to improve the piece. Ruth Logan Herne and I go way back. I won’t say how far because she might kill me. You think I jest? Well, maybe so, but let’s just say I’m not willing
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In these posts, with the author’s permission, I look at their work pre-editing and post-editing—and at what I did to improve the piece. Oh my! Are you in for a surprise. Today Mary Connealy is In The Edit. You know Mary “Romantic comedies with cowboys” Connealy. Her latest book, In Too Deep, takes place in
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In these posts, with the author’s permission, we look at their work pre-editing and post-editing—and at what I did to improve the piece. This week we get a first glimpse at Jim Hamlett’s follow up to his novel, Moe. Moe was a finalist in the 2011 Operation First Novel contest, which is run by the
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In these posts, with the author’s permission, we look at their work pre-editing and post-editing—and at what I did to improve the piece. This week’s In The Edit is a little different. For one thing, Terrie Todd submitted a piece I hadn’t seen before. Exciting! Previous posts in this series (Ane Mulligan, Larry Timm, Linda
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If you came here from Novel Rocket, scroll down for the tip! Go to any writing conference or eavesdrop on any writer’s critique group (both great things for the practicing writer, by the way) and if you hang around long enough, the subject of passive writing will be discussed—and usually with the same conclusion: It’s
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In these posts, with the author’s permission, we look at their work pre-editing and post-editing—and at what I did to improve the piece. This is probably breaking a point or two of some unpublished Editor’s Creed, but today’s volunteer for In The Edit (Linda Rohrbough) is a good friend, so I will just swallow hard,
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Last Thursday, we began looking at ways to be more clear in your writing by eliminating redundancies and overwriting, and choosing simple words when appropriate. Today, let’s look at how the right word also helps your reader grasp your meaning. Alive or dead? Perfect words are the difference between writing that leaps off the page
Writing On The Fine Line 