Editing
The lore of The Great Gatsby
Introduction. The Great Gatsby is a timeless classic. You've probably read the novel in high-school and seen the Leonardo Di Caprio adaptation. But there's a lot of interesting lore attached to this work. Discover the backstory of one of the greatest novels of all time 👇
The one skill that turns good writers into great ones
It may seem like the hardest part of writing a book is completing a first draft. A publisher will take care of the polishing, right? No. Your manuscript needs to stand out from thousands of others to stand any chance of being published. That requires meticulous editing.
6 Rules of Good Editing According to Oscar Winning Editor Walter Murch
The "Rule of Six", a concept from his book "In the Blink of An Eye", lays out the essential rules that are found in every well edited film and how they can inform the decisions of anyone learning how to edit a film.
Why being edited should feel like a luxury... not torture!
It’s going to happen: no matter how much experience you have as a writer, your work will be edited – and you may not like how it feels. Here are some important things to keep in mind…
What Raymond Carver Taught Me about Writing
In the early 2000s, at the suggestion of a colleague, I submitted a manuscript I’d been working on for two years to a professor of literature for feedback. Though I was already a published author, I still felt inferior to those who had committed themselves to the craft.