Archive | December, 2012

Conversations: How to Macro-Edit your Fast Draft

“Okay, here it is.” Sally plunked down a thick sheaf of paper, bound by a rubber band.  “72,834 words.” “I’m impressed.”  I handed her a victory candy cane mocha. “I’m exhausted.  My brain is a noodle.  I wrote late at night, early in the morning, while boiling macaroni and cheese. I’ve thought about this novel in my sleep, while doing laundry, driving my kids to school.  All I do is think about this book.” “But, do you like it?” She smiled.  “I do.  But it needs so much work, and I’m not sure where to start. I have a jumbled mess. I have misspelled words and run on sentences and grammatically incorrect paragraphs…ugly.” “No worries.  Today, I’m going to tell you what to do with that mess! “First, Let your […]

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