writerpatty | June 22, 2009
In part one of my gems series on editing, we discussed macro edit which can be compare to cleaving, the first process that a diamond goes through after it is mined. Blocking, faceting and polishing are the next steps. The cut determines the brilliance and sparkle that the diamond has as light reflects off the [...]
Category: Dialog, Gems, Site Rec, editing, fiction, imagery, writing |
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writerpatty | May 15, 2009
Prose and narration are the keys to holding a story together. In my own writing, this is where I really had to study. Prose is the ordinary everyday written language that we use in fiction to describe what is going on. My biggest challenge has been toning it down. There is a balancing act to [...]
Category: Gems, Introduction, fiction, writing |
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