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Write Fast & Dirty

Published on Jan 15, 2017

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Write Fast & Dirty

Finish Your First Draft in Record Time 
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Make a schedule

Stick to it-come hell or high water.
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it's all about habits

Good or Bad. 
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Finish your stories

Bad & Done beats Brilliant & Incomplete 
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Forget length

Tell the story. The End. 
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Don't self-edit until you finish the first draft.

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Rough Draft

means exactly that! 
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Overwhelmed?

Use manageable increments. 
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work on one

project at a time 
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Practice

Really does make perfect(ish) 
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Get it done

  • Schedule writing time.
  • Write to the end.
  • One thing at a time.
  • Baby step it.
  • Practice. Practice. Practice.
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Content Editing 101

Tips & Tricks to Tidy Up Your Stories 
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Stick to the big picture. 

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Tell the right story.

Main Character & POV matter. 
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cut the fluff.

Unnecessary scenes, characters, & plot threads have to go. 
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Consistency is key.

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Fact Check.

Your readers will. 
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Fulfill Reader Promises

Tie up loose threads. 
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Avoid Caricature.
Replace sweeping stereotypes with believable, interesting, specific characters.

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Add the necessary:

  • Setting details
  • Plot hole fixes
  • Character flesh
  • Secondary storylines
  • Audience appropriate language
  • Believable dialogue
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MAKE THE READER CARE!

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If the reader doesn't care, it won't sell.

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Content Editing checklist

  • Tell the right story.
  • Fix plot, pace, setting, tone, dialogue, & language choices.
  • Make the reader happy.
  • Essentials only.
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Line Edits

Make Your Story Shine 
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Refining your story, word by word, sentence by sentence, produces crystalline prose.

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Trim the excess at a micro level.

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strong nouns & verbs

Cut adjectives and adverbs 
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Eliminate unnecessary modifiers:

  • usually
  • really
  • totally
  • kind of
  • sort of
  • practically
  • almost
  • quite
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REPETITIONs

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Thats

Also had, just, & like. 
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cliches

If you love something, set it free. 
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mixed metaphors

These hemorrhoids are a real pain in the neck. 
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Straighten your tenses

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REPHRASE
REARRANGE
REORDER

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polish

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Line editing checklist

  • Strong nouns & verbs
  • Filler words
  • Repetitions
  • Cliches
  • Metaphors
  • Tenses
  • Order
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Copy Editing 101

Punctuation Is Your Friend 
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Go slowly

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Be consistent

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Organize. Try color-coding
Red: dire straits
Yellow: partially finished
Green: polished to perfection

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KNOW YOUR GRAMMAR

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Don't get overwhelmed.

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Save everything!

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Copy editing checklist

  • Slow
  • Consistent
  • Organize
  • Know your stuff
  • Don't get overwhelmed
  • Save everything!
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ANNA'S RULES
FOR
RECEIVING
A MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUE
LIKE A PRO

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SHUT UP
&
TAKE IT

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YEAH.
I REALLY SAID THAT.

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Never argue with a reader.
Their interpretation
is
ALWAYS VALID.

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Your job is to listen.

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Your story?
It's broken
Being defensive and arguing?
That only defeats the point.

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Have I made myself clear?

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I'll say it

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ONE

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MORE

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TIME

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SHUT UP.

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LISTEN

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And a "Thank you" never hurt anyone either.

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Offer to reciprocate.

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Take advice with a grain of salt.

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But if 10 readers
say the same thing,
put up your salt shaker
& listen.

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Say "no" to band aids.

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Get rid of toxic critiquers.

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How to receive a crit like a pro

  • LISTEN
  • SHHHHHHHHH.....
  • SAY THANK YOU
  • RECIPROCATE
  • SALT SHAKERS
  • NO BAND AIDS
  • NO TOXIC DUMPERS
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editorial responses

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first contact

  • Submission received
  • Form rejection
  • Personal rejection
  • Rewrite request
  • Acceptance
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