by marissa | Dec 13, 2013 | About Editing, Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas)
“Authors really depend on editors for one thing: the truth.” Editors on Editing: What Writers Need to Know About What Editors Do, by Gerald Gross, is a collection of essays by editors, illuminating all the different things that go on in that strange editorial realm...
by marissa | Nov 4, 2013 | About Editing, Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas)
Love this answer by Robet McKee in an interview on Storylink.com. Debra Eckerling asked him, How important is the process of rewriting? Robert McKee: “It’s absolutely critical. I quote Hemingway in my book who said, “The first draft of anything is...
by marissa | Sep 8, 2013 | Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas)
I feel sad when I finish the last touches on a manuscript I’ve been editing and have to say goodbye to the characters, especially after spending months being so involved in their lives and every move. But I can’t imagine what it’s like for an author,...
by marissa | Sep 7, 2013 | Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas)
David Foster Wallace, on how television can be great for writers… First, television does a lot of our predatory human research for us. American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on. But...
by marissa | Sep 4, 2013 | Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas)
The people who master an art like storytelling are not aliens with freakish talents and powers; they’re just the people who care the most. It takes a massive amount of self-discipline and faith to devote years and years to getting incrementally better at a...
