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Review – Editors on Editing: What Writers Need to Know About What Editors Do

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...

How important is rewriting?

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...
The Casquette Girls, by Alys Arden

The Casquette Girls, by Alys Arden

by marissa | Oct 26, 2013 | Book Reviews, Books Edited by Marissa, Fantasy

SO EXCITED to see The Casquette Girls released to the world today! Written by Alys Arden, and edited by me. 🙂 The Casquette Girls is a paranormal YA mystery that weaves together the real mythologies of New Orleans into a  modern-day, post-hurricane setting. Alys Arden...

Letting Go of the Final Draft

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,...

The Scorpion Game, by Daniel Jeffries

by marissa | Jun 4, 2013 | Books Edited by Marissa, Science Fiction

Just started reading my copy of The Scorpion Game by Daniel Jeffries, which is now available to buy for the Amazon Kindle, and I’m excited about it all over again. I helped to co-edit this story, and re-reading it has reminded me how much fun it was to work...
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We can take these beats, which are basically the beats of your outline, and if the words “and then” belong between those beats, you’re fucked, basically. You’ve got something pretty boring. What should happen between every beat you’ve written down is either the word “therefore” or “but.” … It should be “this happens, and THEREFORE this happens, BUT this happens, THEREFORE this happens.”

— Matt Stone and Trey Parker

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To be an editor, you have to be a reader. It’s the number one qualification. Because you could have all the editorial tools, but if you’re not a responsive reader you won’t sense where the problems lie.

— Robert Gottlieb.

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We can take these beats, which are basically the beats of your outline, and if the words “and then” belong between those beats, you’re fucked, basically. You’ve got something pretty boring. What should happen between every beat you’ve written down is either the word “therefore” or “but.” … It should be “this happens, and THEREFORE this happens, BUT this happens, THEREFORE this happens.”

— Matt Stone and Trey Parker

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