While preparing for a family visit, I was struck by the many ways editing is like cleaning. While I do some editing as I write, there are always dust bunnies hiding between the paragraphs. Wiping down the sentences is fine, but there are times when removing all the knickknacks and bringing out the furniture polish […]
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There’s an old saying in the writing business: “Kill your darlings.” Some famous writer said it. I thought it was a charming insight into the importance of revising, rewriting and revising again, and cutting. Cuts are required, of course. Sacrifices must be made in the interest of the literary masterpiece flying across the screen on
Don’t Kill Your Darlings – Put Them in Foster Care by Dan Hobbs Read More »
Jane Mackay will be teaching tips to save yourself money at both the developmental editing and copyediting stages of bringing your manuscript to publication as the guest speaker for the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch on Saturday, November 15 at 2:00 p.m. Jane Mackay has been helping writers polish their novels, short stories, memoirs, and
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The participants of NaNoWriMo (and congratulations to you all, whether you hit 50,000 words or not) now have the editing to do. Like childbirth, getting the new creation out is only the first part of the job. Next comes the sorting and training, the snipping and shearing, dressing up and dressing down. For those of
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