Comments on: Free CLIMAX Edit: Kathryn

By: Victoria

Victoria — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:40:16 +0000

Kathryn, I am on my way, and I’m bringing my bathing suit.

By: Kathryn Estrada

Kathryn Estrada — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:51:33 +0000

Thank you, Jordan!

Victoria! You know I stock my lab with chocolate. I have huge vats of it bubbling over as we speak. (It’s a happy lab!)

Kathryn

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:45:27 +0000

What a vivid, powerful scene! Great job, Kathryn!

By: Victoria

Victoria — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:44:56 +0000

Thank you, Anne! It can help so much to see just how much can be cut out, and how sharp and powerful your own words are when they’re left to stand on their own. It’s like having someone unwrap the box you’ve been working so hard on. “Check it out! I’ve invented DYNAMITE!”

Kathryn, you have to tell us what you stock your laboratory with. Red-lights? Black-lights? Secret ink? Is that where you keep all the gnarled green fingers?

By: Anne R. Allen

Anne R. Allen — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:31:52 +0000

These edits are a great education for all writers. You don’t just slim down the prose–you add white space.

Really important for readablity, especially on an electronic device.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:43:16 +0000

Hi Victoria!

Thank you so much!!! Now, I must go back to my secret laboratory and study every change.