Burroway and the language to Revise
Revision is not proofreading or copyediting. Revision is not accessing the thesaurus and subbing in big words. God no. Revision sometimes involves a restructuring of an entire manuscript.
Back to Basics and Burroway
Jack* is a writer without any education in the craft of writing. He has inspiration, talent, and time, and has composed a strong story. Good plot, good conflict, good resolution.
EFA No-Cal Chapter
The Northern California chapter of the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA-NoCal) is holding its first meeting on Monday, August 2, 2010, at 7 pm in mid-town Sacramento. Topics for this meeting will include a discussion of goals for the chapter.
Words doing as they have to do
“I like the feeling of words doing as they want to do and as they have to do.” Does this line of Gertrude Stein’s help justify-for the pen and paper types-the digitalization of language?
SFWC reflections
I volunteered for the first time at the San Francisco Writers’ Conference at the Mark Hopkins Hotel over Valentine’s weekend and had quite a positive professional experience there.