Category: Storytelling
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Difference between revising and editing
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Your first draft isn’t meant to be perfect. Because it’s a brain dump, I encourage writers to write fast and just get it out. Note, however, that the first draft is not the one that you turn in to your editor. Revising and editing are separate steps in the writing…
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Seasonal Affective Disorder is real
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It’s the end of the year and I’m tense with excitement and frustration. Excited because the holidays are nearing, which means days off from work, time with family, and plenty of good eats. Frustrated because, well, it all circles back to money and time and energy. Holidays ‘round here equate…
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Freelance like you’re worth it
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One of my greatest moments as a freelancer was during the Radical Self-Expression Summit and hearing one of my writer idols, Denene Millner, explain that she’s still a freelance writer. I thought about it and it was true. I just hadn’t linked her with the term because she’s written books…
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When writing is inconvenient
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Because you won’t always have time to write. Over the past seven days, I sure as hell didn’t. It was the end of the quarter, I had a group project and a 15-page paper. I had manuscripts to edit, a prepaid trip to take, and a shitload of other stuff…
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Good writers satisfy their senses
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For the sake of simplicity, I’m only referencing the basic five senses: smell, touch, taste, sight, and hearing. As writers, we naturally gravitate toward what fills these experiences. We want quality food. I can have a hot $20 to my name, and you can guarantee that a decent meal is…