Writing Links
“Having gone through the editing process on both sides, here are some suggestions for processing the feedback, coming up with a plan to tackle the changes, and executing a revision in an efficient and effective way.”
How to Utilize Feedback to Improve Your Manuscript :: Nathan Bransford
“The older I get, the more convinced I become that it’s a critical life-skill – at least if you’re roughly the sort of person I am – to get better at disappointing other people.”
Be A Disappointment :: The Imperfectionist
I am always, always interested in how others approach their work. It is a reminder there’s not one way to be creative or go about making our art.
Six writers on the most surprising parts of their writing routines :: Lit Hub
“Reading aloud forces me to consider every word I’ve written and say it. When I do so it is less my critical faculties that are making judgements, as it is my ear. I can hear when the rhythm of my work is off, or catch when a particular phrase makes no sense, when word repetitions have crept in, and even when I am repeating myself. It is as if — when reading aloud — my story telling goes back to its original format, me telling you a story. Which is to say I trust my ear more than my eye.”
On Paper :: Avi
Food for thought for those of us asking for honest feedback on our writing.
I Don’t Want an Honest Critique :: Darcy Pattison
“Writers fear querying for all kinds of justifiable reasons. Rejection stings! The query process is convoluted and time consuming, not to mention inexact and opaque. It feels like every little detail matters, when in fact you can still make the team if your toes weren’t perfectly pointed on that last toe touch. It’s terrifying that most of the process is completely out of your control. That writing a “good book” won’t guarantee you success. Not to mention that querying is only the first round, and you still have to make it through submissions to editors and then actually releasing the book. Saying I would prefer not to makes logical sense.”
What if You’re Scared of Querying? :: Agents + Books
Gross.
Unsealed Files Show Open AI/Microsoft Knew Copying Was Illegal and Could Hurt Authors :: Publishers Weekly