by Cindy R | Mar 6, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Reading and Writing as Workshop I’ll admit it. I hate to be edited. Whenever I send a piece out for feedback, I cringe inside waiting for comments. It’s not easy to let others read our work. But it’s not always easy to be on the other side either, in the role of...
by Cindy R | Feb 27, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Proofreading: The Final Polish We made it to the end of our February nonfiction knowhow! We’ve looked at editing all the way from high-level story ideas through line-level copyediting. Up this week? The polish. Yep, it’s time to...
by Cindy R | Feb 20, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Running Lines: Editing on the Micro-Level Let’s talk about sentences and the words that make up your sentences. Because y’all have now mastered the high-level editing we talked about in the first two installments of our February...
by Cindy R | Feb 13, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Structural Editing: How your story unfolds Our February nonfiction know-how is all about editing – from the highest level of story concept all the way down to the most specific level of individual word choice. Last week I wrote...
by Cindy R | Feb 6, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Developmental Editing: Finding your Story You should be editing your work. Yes, I know you’ve gotten great comments and even been published and hell, maybe you’ve even won awards for essays that you dashed off, skimmed once, and hit...
by Cindy R | Jan 30, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] January Nonfiction Know-how Round-up Rowan and I were on fire this month, if I do say so myself, giving you nonfiction knowhow lessons at the front and back end of every week’s challenge grid in January. Our goal: To help you write...
