revising – WRITERS' RUMPUS

Resisting the Kitchen Sink

By Dianna Sanchez A few years back, I attended a reading by Daniel Jose Older and Zoraida Cordova at which they both talked about their

Guest Post by Almitra Clay Especially for all you NaNoWri-mers with fresh drafts, here’s a reprise of a popular post. As I have rewritten the

Our stories are often long in gestation and as personal to us as if they were born of our flesh and blood. If you want

So you’ve finished the first draft of your new novel. Now what? *I recently finished a first draft of a new novel. Only took five

As writers, we all know that the work starts to shine when we dig in to the revision. But how many times does it take

I am always looking for new and exciting tools to help with my writing. While editing my latest novel I came across the Hemingway Editor.

Guest post by Heidi Fiedler As an editor who’s also a writer, I am keenly aware of how overwhelming it can feel when you first

Thanks to StumbleUpon, I recently discovered a site that has been around for several years, but it was new to me; perhaps it is new

By Jen Malone Some days I got it and some days I don’t (I’m suspecting today might be a don’t day. Let’s blame any typos