How to Edit

5 Tips for Productively Editing Your Writing

Delia Lloyd | Posted 11.17.2011

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Delia Lloyd

This tips list goes out to all of you fellow travelers who have something you need to edit -- it could be a poem, a short story, heck, even an office memo -- and, like me, you need to find your mojo.

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The Making of a Novel: When It Feels Like Work

Jennie Nash | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jennie Nash

I sent 57 pages of my novel-in-progress to a friend for a critique, and last night I got back pages and pages of notes. I have some other work I have ...

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The Making of a Novel: The Beauty of Paper

Jennie Nash | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jennie Nash

This morning I printed out 60 pages of my new novel to read for the first time on paper. I sharpened a pencil, cleared some space at the kitchen table...

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The Making of a Novel: A Simple Solution for Overusing Certain Words

Jennie Nash | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jennie Nash

The other day, in an LA Times Op-Ed piece entitled Amazing No More, writer/reporter Michael Krikorian argued that the word "amazing" has become so ove...

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