Author and English professor Audrey Wick discusses the power of process in writing by breaking it down into a three-part process of prewriting, writing, and rewriting. Writers want to take pride in pristine final drafts of their projects. Getting to that stage, however, is hard. (Using Beats to Improve Dialogue and Action in Scenes.) Some […]
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The noted cinema director developed a love of the lonely desert planet – once he got over being terrified of “The Martian” script. (Image credit: Twentieth Century Fox + Dave Brody) Editor’s note: This story contains spoilers on the new space epic “The Martian.” [So consider yourself warned. If anyone is going to spoil “The Martian”
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In August 2022, we spoke to writer and tutor Lynne Bryan for The Writing Life podcast on the subject of how to revise, redraft and rewrite a novel. This is an edited transcript of that podcast. You can listen to that podcast here, or subscribe in your chosen podcast platform. Lynn explains The difference
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