It’s been fun taking this art break, but it’s time to get back to what this blog is all about this year: revision. And at the end of this post I have a special announcement. Ooooh, Aaahhh. Brainstorming Revision Strategies Since one of my stories placed in its event in the Writer’s Games, it willContinue reading “Now Back to the Scheduled Program . . . Revision: Using feedback to strategize.”
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Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part One: Review
The First Read I printed out my poem in larger than regular font (14pt) and 1.5 spacing. Then I read it aloud while walking around the room. The poem I’m reviewing is the first poem I wrote during NaPoWriMo last month: Breeding Fruit Flies with Two Different Eyes An impression arrests the fruit flies inContinue reading “Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part One: Review”
Revising a short story: the penultimate pass
Now that I have revised at the story level and the scene level, it is time to dig into those paragraphs, sentences and words. A fun and useful tool to use at this point is the word cloud. I put my text into Word It Out and created this: The program has some great tools.Continue reading “Revising a short story: the penultimate pass”
Revising at the Scene Level
In my last post on revising a short story, I mentioned the many things a scene needs to do: have a goal have a conflict have an action that leads to a new goal character development world building reveal new information provide sensory information have a grabber or payoff For my revision, I assigned eachContinue reading “Revising at the Scene Level”
The Rabbit Hole of Revisions: guest post by Ferrell Hornsby
So, you’ve finished the first draft of your current work in progress. The hard work is done now, right? Not quite. Just because you’ve typed “The End” doesn’t mean your work is ready for the world to see. There are sure to be typos, missed punctuation, and (gasp) even plot holes that need to beContinue reading “The Rabbit Hole of Revisions: guest post by Ferrell Hornsby”
Revision Process: An interview with author Shelly Campbell
I asked one of the panelists, Shelly Campbell, if she would be interested in sharing more about her revision process here on Experience Writing and she so kindly agreed to answer some more questions I have about revision. So today, we are in for a treat!
#WriterInMotion ~ Final Thoughts
I entered the Writer-In-Motion Challenge hoping to get some big break-through information from a professional editor. I wanted that sword that would cut down rejection and get me to YES! Truth is, I got more than that. I got, “Wow, Maria, the voice in this is amazing!” Voice. That magical, unteachable thing. That how doContinue reading “#WriterInMotion ~ Final Thoughts”
#WriterInMotion : The final draft
This week I received feedback from professional editor Jeni Chappelle of Jeni Chappelle Editorial. Jeni is the co-creator of this challenge as well as #RevPit on Twitter. I want to thank her for her time, encouragement and suggestions. Here it is. The final draft! The Bear’s Breeches Smell Slightly Sweet As They Rot I hadContinue reading “#WriterInMotion : The final draft”
#WriterInMotion: Critique Partners’ Feedback Revision
This week was exciting. I sent my story to two people and received their stories to critique. Based on their feedback I made revisions, creating this new draft of my story that will now go to a professional editor. Before talking about the changes, I want to thank Neta of NetaQBlog and Nicole of TheContinue reading “#WriterInMotion: Critique Partners’ Feedback Revision”
Writer In Motion: A five week writing and revising challenge
Summer is here. The weather is gorgeous, but sweaty-hot. Levi and I are adjusting though motivationally-challenged. He gets away with napping and bathing all day, but my stories won’t write themselves. So, I found a challenge to keep me working through August. For the next five weeks, starting August 1st, I will be participating inContinue reading “Writer In Motion: A five week writing and revising challenge”
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