Tag Archive for editing
Class of 2k12: Facial Expressions
published on February 9, 2012
I have a post up over on the Class of 2k12 blog. It’s all about how to show what your characters are feeling through facial expressions. It includes some images that have helped…
YA Rebels: Tuesday Loves Up Scrivener
published on November 29, 2011I thought I would share today’s YA Rebels vlog in which I walk you through how I’m using Scrivener. Feel free to ask me any questions you have! I’m not an expert, but I’ll do my best to answer….
Editing and Pre-Birthday News!
published on June 6, 2011Oh, hi, world. That’s what you look like again. *blinks*
I know, I know. I’m slacking on the blog, but I have a good excuse. I’ve been editing, and last night I turned in my edits for IF I LIE,…
Speak It! – A Great iPhone App for Writers
published on November 30, 2010
Thanksgiving weekend I drove 6.5 long hours from San Francisco to my sister’s in Southern California. The idea was to pick up some of my belongings that I left…
Battle of the Betas
published on September 16, 2010
We have a new guinea pig…This week Alicia Gregoire volunteered to have eight writers beta read a single page of her urban fantasy “Phoenix Rising” so readers can…
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written by Cory Jackson
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Battle of the Betas
published on August 19, 2010
The lovely and brave Sarah Enni offered herself up as a guinea pig for a little beta experiment. Six writers will take on beta reading a single page of…
Editing, Wordles, and the Color Gray
published on February 2, 2010I am editing.
Pause.
I. AM. EDITING.
If you haven’t written a novel, you have no idea how tedious this process is. On the plus side, my agent’s changes have been minimal. On the also-plus side, I have taken this opportunity to…
Editing Your Manuscript; Or Amputating Limbs
published on November 15, 2009
Today I did something I haven’t done in a while. I sat down and read my book from first page to last. I clipped my inner-editor’s wings and let myself get lost…
Editing Tip #2: Beginnings (Abusing the Pronoun – Verb Combo)
published on October 21, 2009While laboring away on my manuscript, I obsessed over the passive verb problem. I switched out the “I was” and “She became,” obliterating most of the sleepy “to be” verbs from my novel. Proud of my work, I…
Editing Tip #1: Passive Verbs
published on October 19, 2009Every six weeks I submit a packet of writing to my Spalding MFA professor. She then sends the packet back to me with margin notations and summary notes. Many of my mistakes are common to writers, so I thought…
