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#120: Separation Before Revision, Part Two

November 27, 2018 ~ ~ 2 Comments

Dear Story Nurse, I'm not the kind of writer who can start editing a draft as soon as I'm done with it. By the time I stumble over the finish line of a novel-length project, I need some time to emotionally detach from the story before I can think about how I want to change … Continue reading #120: Separation Before Revision, Part Two

#119: Separation Before Revision, Part One

November 20, 2018 ~ ~ 1 Comment

Without a degree of separation between book and self, revision is far more difficult, and may be impossible.

#87: How to Add Visual Elements to Tactile Descriptions

March 20, 2018March 18, 2018 ~ Rose Fox ~ 2 Comments

The visual is a hook, a way for the reader to be drawn into the story.

#77: Making Your Story the Length You Want

January 9, 2018January 8, 2018 ~ Rose Fox ~ Leave a comment

Writing marries intuition to intellect, and sometimes the intuition part means you just know when the thing is done and no amount of hacking at it will make it not be done.

#72: What Is Revision?

December 5, 2017December 31, 2017 ~ Rose Fox ~ 3 Comments

Revision requires a shift in perspective, from writer to reader. What do you want your reader to experience while reading your work, and how do you want them to feel at the end?

#57: Second-Guessing Revisions

August 22, 2017August 20, 2017 ~ Rose Fox ~ 1 Comment

Revising is as individual as writing. There's no wrong way to do it, and there are no hard and fast rules about how it goes.

#54: Feeling Guilty About Spilled Words

August 1, 2017July 31, 2017 ~ Rose Fox ~ 5 Comments

The person you injured is you, in the sense of costing yourself the time and effort of repairing the problems with your work, and the person you need to apologize to is you.

#52: “What’s a Finished Draft?”

July 18, 2017July 17, 2017 ~ Rose Fox ~ Leave a comment

Drafting is engineering and construction. Revision is art and design.

#39: No Writer Is an Island

April 18, 2017April 17, 2017 ~ Rose Fox ~ 5 Comments

You already made your work in the best way that you know how. Now you need editorial advice. That's part of the process for any writer, and being an editor in no way exempts you from it.

#24: Semicolon Surgery

January 3, 2017January 3, 2017 ~ Rose Fox ~ 1 Comment

I love semicolons; they're great. The issue is what you're doing with language and content that leads to the use of so many of them.

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