Category Archives: Editing Your Work
On writing: Use Specific Nouns & Adjectives
Think about this sentence: "Johnny smelled something delicious." Close your eyes and try to imagine exactly what Johnny smelled. How many of you are thinking pizza? How about steak? How about ice cream? Pie? Any pies out there? All of … Continue reading
On Writing: Editing Redundancy
Have you heard of The Department of Redundancy Department? I'm the department HEAD. I'm currently looking over some of the changes my editor made to my Out of the Shadows manuscript and adding in my final additions before it enters … Continue reading
Description: If it Doesn’t Matter, Axe It!
As I mentioned in the earlier blog entry entitled, “On Writing: Editing Your Description,” description takes words, and words are writing’s most precious commodities. Spend them sparingly. But what to cut? When editing, remember the cardinal rule: Keep only the … Continue reading
Writing: Editing Your Description
Description is like salt. Too little salt makes your dish taste hollow. Too much, and your dish makes your guests vomit. I blogged on how I needed to edit my description in Out of the Shadows, book II of the … Continue reading
Quote of the Day: March 20th, 2009
"Words are writing’s most precious commodities. Spend them sparingly."–M. B. Weston
On Writing: Applying Peer Editing Advice
Per Stephen King in his book, On Writing, I always give the second draft of my manuscripts to at least five people, complete with a red pen and the instructions: "Hurt my feelings as much as you can." Once they … Continue reading
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