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What Makes a Good Editor? (via Sharron’s Blog)

I write a lot about writing and publishing. I thought I should say something about editors. Then I read this, so thanks to Sharron for picking up the torch on this subject.

When I teach my writing and publishing classes, I often get students who tell me they've always wanted to become a writer. I also get students who tell me they love finding errors in books and magazines when they read them. Then they tell me they think they want to become editors. What makes a good editor? A good editor is well read in many areas. To limit one's expertise to one or two topics is to limit one's ability to edit well to those few to … Read More

via Sharron's Blog

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Television Writer Margaret Dunlap on the merit of Film School – How to write a screenplay, sell a screenplay – ScriptShark.com

Television Writer Margaret Dunlap on the merit of Film School – How to write a screenplay, sell a screenplay – ScriptShark.com.

It’s one of my life regrets that I went to journalism school. I should have been in film school! Margaret Dunlap has a great take on the surprising benefits of these programs.

Thank you, Margaret! Great post!

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Writing Excuses 4.33: Trunk Novels

Writing Excuses 4.33: Trunk Novels.

Here’s a writing podcast I love. It’s updated weekly and it’s useful.

Filed under: web reviews, Writers, writing tips

Random advice from the Napa Writers Conference (via Fog City Writer)

I can’t be in Napa so a little bit of Napa came to me. Thanks to Fog City Writer for this post from the writers’ conference!

This is just a fun list of some of the helpful tidbits I picked up while at the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference last week: – The train has to leave the station quickly at the beginning of a story. This is a clever way of saying that you need to get a plot/conflict going sooner rather than later and that your characters’ desires/goals/motivations need to be made known quickly to draw the reader into your story. If your reader gets to page 25 of yo … Read More

via Fog City Writer

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