Intuitive editing : a creative & practical guide to revising your writing

Book

Intuitive editing : a creative & practical guide to revising your writing / Tiffany Yates Martin.

Summary:

"Editing your own writing can feel like doing your own brain surgery. After you've completed your manuscript and you're standing at the foot of Revision Mountain, climbing to the summit can feel impossible. It's hard to look at your own writing with the objective eye needed to shape it into a tight, polished, publishable story--but just like writing, self-editing is a skill you can learn. Developmental editor Tiffany Yates Martin has spent her decades-long publishing career honing practical, actionable techniques to lead writers through every step of deepening and elevating their own work, as well as how to approach the edit and develop their "editor brain," and how to solicit and process feedback. Intuitive Editing doesn't offer one-size-fits-all advice or rigid writing "rules"; instead it helps authors discover what works for their story and their style--to find the best version of their vision. Whether you're writing fiction, narrative nonfiction, or memoir; whether this your first story or your fiftieth, Intuitive Editing will give you the tools you need to edit and revise your own writing with inspiration, motivation, and confidence."--Back cover

Record details

ISBN: 9781950830022
ISBN: 1950830020
Physical Description: 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: [California?] : FoxPrint Ink, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:: Macroedits: Character ; Stakes ; Plot -- Microedits: Suspense and tension ; Point of view ; Showing and telling ; Structure ; Momentum and pace ; Voice -- Line edits: Line editing -- Getting feedback ; How to train your editor brain ; The frugal author's guide to getting editorial feedback ; Hiring a pro -- A final word.