by marissa | Dec 16, 2013 | Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas)
“Capturing the zing of conversation requires attentive listening and painstaking revision. It comes from connection, from the narrator subtly reaching out to the reader and saying, ‘We’re in this together.’” Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good...
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...
