Images speak differently than words. They speak in color and shapes, smells and movements that our writing can only hope to approximate.
Here’s what we’re covering in this session and the next:
Tonight (Rewriting, Revising, and Polishing)
- The difference between rewriting, revising, and polishing
- Rewriting – ways to do it
- Revising – things to look for
- Polishing
- Working at the sentence level
- Placement of sentences
- Breaking up paragraphs
- Titles
- Quoting song lyrics
- Collaboration
Next Week (Publishing & Career Stuff)
- Markets: researching them, submitting to them, querying them, foreign markets, reprints, audio.
- Submissions: how to, tracking them, etiquette, types (flash to novel)
- Agents: researching and querying them
- Conventions: why go, what to do to make the most of them, top cons
- Workshops: why do (or not), how to make the most of them, top ones
- Blogging & websites: why, BRIEF discussion of mechanics
- Publications to follow
- Networking
- SFWA and other professional organizations
- Writing groups
- Resources
- Keeping yourself motivated
So here’s my question. I’ll be glancing back at this list when thinking about future blog posts and drawing from it as well as from what I’m experiencing in my own writing. What would -you- like to see?
