Editing is Out (Revision is In)

Book development is not about working with the story that’s already there. Not really. It’s about figuring out the story that should be there and then putting that story onto the page. It’s about calling forth the story you didn’t write because you weren’t brave or trusting enough to write it the first time.

Links to the content mentioned in this week’s video:

11 Questions For a Scene-by-Scene Analysis (Dana Isaacson)
https://careerauthors.com/editing-after-first-draft/

12-Step Checklist for Writing Beginnings (September C. Fawkes)
https://www.septembercfawkes.com/2024/05/12-step-checklist-for-writing.html

Arm Your Antagonist with This Important Weapon (Becca Puglisi)
https://killzoneblog.com/2024/05/arm-your-antagonist-with-this-important-weapon.html

How to Write Compelling Inner Conflict (Angela Ackerman)
https://janefriedman.com/how-to-write-compelling-inner-conflict/

When Writers Need to do Some “Spring Cleaning” on Their Manuscript (Larry J. Leech II)
https://thewriteconversation.blogspot.com/2024/05/when-writers-need-to-do-some-spring.html

You Don’t Need a Character Wound (Tiffany Yates Martin)
https://foxprinteditorial.com/2024/05/16/you-dont-need-a-character-wound/

Link to the full text article:
https://www.metastellar.com/nonfiction/writing-advice-of-the-week/writing-advice-of-the-week-editing-is-out-revision-is-in/

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