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Tag Archives: editing
Seeing Lives Change
Online classes began at midnight today at Horry-Georgetown Technical College, the community college where I began my teaching career in the mid-70’s, and the traditional classes started about thirty minutes ago. Thinking about the nervous excitement felt by the students, … Continue reading
Posted in books, books on teaching, careers, community college teaching, memoir, professions, Uncategorized, writing projects
Tagged books, editing, teaching, writing, writing process
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Personality, Passion, & Preparation
No doubt about it, the beginning of an enterprise is always more exciting than the middle. At the start, you don’t know the roadblocks and distractions lying in wait. You can’t predict the weariness and frustration that will set in, and you surely don’t expect fear to come creeping in the door. What if people think my work is sorry?
Keep That Dialogue Real
Do this. Don’t do that. When I first joined a local writing group, I heard those phrases more than I like to think about. Let’s be honest; I still hear those five little words at just about every critique meeting. … Continue reading
Posted in anthologies, blogging, critique groups, Uncategorized, writing, writing groups, writing tips
Tagged editing, writers, writing, writing advice, writing groups, writing life
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What Would Tolstoy Do?
I once read that Tolstoy was working on revisions of War and Peace when he died. The epic masterpiece that survived is recognized as one of the most important in world literature. It’s one of the longest too. I know … Continue reading
Posted in books, college students, eBooks, self publishing, writing, writing life
Tagged editing, Kindle Direct Publishing, Leo Tolstoy, self publishing, writing
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Struggling Artist’s?
I don’t have Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird with me this afternoon, so what I’m about to write is strictly from memory. I apologize in advance to this great writer if I err in paraphrasing her work. At the same time, … Continue reading
Posted in books, eBooks, self publishing, writing life, writing woes
Tagged Anne Lamott, editing, error-free writing, self publishing, writing, writing process, writing woes
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Rereading and Tweaking
My intention when starting this blog was to write at least three posts a week. “How hard could that be?” I asked myself. Since I write a little something every day, I thought it’d be a snap to post some … Continue reading
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Tagged editing, the writing process, writing
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