First things first: I’m being interviewed by Katie Weiland over on AuthorCulture. Have you ever wondered whether or not independent editing means staying home all day in your jammies? Now’s your chance to find out! Second: I promised you guys back in December that whatever I learned from the fabulous… Read more“3 Things I Learned from Henry James”
Tag: Dashiell Hammett
6 Things I Learned from Dashiell Hammett
I’m still studying Shirley Jackson, and if you don’t know why you can easily find out. I spent yesterday doing a scene-by-scene analysis of Chapters 5 and 6 of The Haunting of Hill House that turned into line-by-line—that’s how fast she switches gears in her most profound passages!—and at some… Read more“6 Things I Learned from Dashiell Hammett”
Clarifying and not clarifying in exposition
Let’s address an issue today that a lot of aspiring writers run into with their critiquers: “I don’t get what’s going on here.” I did a Copy & Line Edit on the opening pages of a very beautiful novel this past week. I did a Developmental Edit—along with a Copy… Read more“Clarifying and not clarifying in exposition”
Literary Mash-Up Extravaganza, Day #4
Long Day’s Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne’s science fiction classic of a squabbling family fighting off prehistoric sea serpents and each other. Jack Shakely Sea is for Cortez Kinsey Millhone follows Doc Rickets to Mexico, where she rescues him from the love and affection of a… Read more“Literary Mash-Up Extravaganza, Day #4”