Writing • Teaching • Editing
YOU WANT TO WRITE. Find help as you grapple with the Dragon of Doubt.
Private Classes: write and tell me about your project and where you are with it.
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Everyone Needs an Editor
As you start . . .
• Developmental editing—
Before it's a book, it's an idea, a set of notes, an outline, a bunch of pages.
Developmental editing takes your project from these beginnings to a completed manuscript,
paying special attention to:
-structure
-content
-plot
-beginning and ending
As you draft . . .
• Copyediting—
The editor helps the writer make sure the work is
-correct
-clear
-grammatical
-not wordy
-factually accurate
-readable
-meaningful
After you've written . . .
• Manuscript evaluation—
-Is it good?
-Is it ready?
-What now?
• General Editing—
-grammar
-spelling
-syntax
-usage
• Substantive Editing—
-organization
-coherence
• Submission guidance—
-What to send
-Where to send
• Consultation—
Proven, experienced guidance finding the right
– MFA program
– fellowship
– residency
– grant
• Informed, sophisticated help—
-Crafting better applications
-Improving chances of success
To discuss or arrange evaluation,
editing, or consultation, click e-mail.
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LOCK & LOAD: ARMED FICTION
The National Tour 2017–2019
ORDER FROM from the University of New Mexico Press: Lock & Load—writing that hits the mark!
Meet the book, hear the stories in Charlottesville, Richmond, Greensboro, and points south and west.
Lock & Load, an extraordinary collection of literary fiction, includes work by such American masters as
Annie Proulx, John Edgar Wideman, Rick DeMarinis, Pinckney Benedict, Jim Tomlinson, and Bonnie Jo Campbell, as well as a host of fresh new voices.
Beautiful, surprising, and thought-provoking all the way through.