Tag Archives: editing
Build your own Writing Monster (Part 2 of Why critique groups MUST DIE)
Conventional wisdom is conventionally wrong. Nowhere is this more true than in the fields of writing, social media and publicity — three lands where tradition and mythology rule the day. Those who haven’t read these posts should start here, so … Continue reading
Stretch your editing muscles
Proofing for boo-boos is easy. Line editing is tougher. Structural editing is the toughest. So let’s play around with a little flash fiction from Joey’s contest and see what we can do, first with a standard edit job, then with … Continue reading
Filed under 4 Writing Secrets Wednesday, Fiction, Red Pen of Doom
Writers and editors: let’s make a deal
For anything Important, you need an editor. I’ve always had editors and wouldn’t think of living without them. The first post on this blog was The evil secret to ALL WRITING – editing is everything – that is not a coincidence. However, … Continue reading
Filed under Fiction, Red Pen of Doom, Speechwriting
Storytelling insights from 3 minutes of glorious film WITH SUBTITLES
Because I am not a pretentious nancypants, I don’t typically watch movies with subtitles. They are in black-and-white, with people smoking French cigarettes while speaking French and watching things happen to other French people FOR NO DAMN REASON. The only … Continue reading
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Using free ink and airtime to BUST THROUGH
Earned media — free ink and airtime — is worth a lot to reality stars like Snooki, The Situation and Kim Kardashian, who all extended their 15 minutes of fame into millions of dollars. Ink and airtime are even MORE … Continue reading
The Red Pen of Doom destroys FREEDOM by Jonathan Franzen
FREEDOM By Jonathan Franzen The news about Walter Berglund wasn’t picked up locally – (add spaces here to match dash format in 2nd graf) he and Patty had moved away to Washington two years earlier and meant nothing to St. … Continue reading
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The Red Pen of Doom murders THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand Howard Roark laughed. (I approve of this. It asks a narrative question – who is this guy, and why did he laugh? – and I like short sentences anyway.) He stood naked at the edge … Continue reading
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