author - "Judy Colella"
No one gets it perfect, much less the first time. Well, except Mozart. But as writers, we should accept the whole idea of editing our work and see it as being as integral a part of our writing as the story itself. Here, then, is my hard-earned wisdom (ahem) on getting rid of what's unnecessary, and an example of how I cut the fat. So to speak. Or write. Yes, I need to stop adding non-sentences now.
Well! The holidays are upon us, but somehow we writers keep plugging away. With the help of the other members here, we can get great, useful feedback, but sometimes it seems we keep running headlong into a brick wall. Or a brick Christmas tree, if you will. Self-editing - the bane of writers everywhere. Ho-ho-ho...bleh.
No one gets it perfect, much less the first time. Well, except Mozart. But as writers, we should accept the whole idea of editing our work and see it as being as integral a part of our writing as the story itself. Here, then, is my hard-earned wisdom (ahem) on getting rid of what's unnecessary, and an example of how I cut the fat. So to speak. Or write. Yes, I need to stop adding non-sentences now.
Well! The holidays are upon us, but somehow we writers keep plugging away. With the help of the other members here, we can get great, useful feedback, but sometimes it seems we keep running headlong into a brick wall. Or a brick Christmas tree, if you will. Self-editing - the bane of writers everywhere. Ho-ho-ho...bleh.