Just like any other piece of the writing process, editing is a craft to be learned. So often the best of stories are held back not by the author’s creativity but by common typos, cliché phrasings, and vague descriptions that don’t hook the reader as well as they could.
How can an opening go beyond what readers have seen before? How can a writer think past smiles, nods, and glances? How can a simple interaction come alive? In this workshop, virtual attendees will have the opportunity to brainstorm how to fix less powerful writing samples and leave with:
Strategies to elevate every sentence’s verbs
Methods for slicing down wordiness
A “cheat sheet” to bring your writing to the next level
using Kris’s favorite editing process
Macro-editing and micro-editing techniques to put to use right away
Kris Spisak wrote her first book, Get a Grip on Your Grammar: 250 Writing and Editing Reminders for the Curious or Confused (Career Press, 2017), with a goal to help writers of all kinds sharpen their craft and empower their communications. Her “Words You Should Know” podcast and “Grammartopia” events follow the same mission, as does her latest book, The Novel Editing Workbook: 105 Tricks and Tips for Revising Your Fiction Manuscript (Davro Press, 2020).
A former college writing instructor, Kris is now an active speaker, workshop leader, and freelance editor. She is the board chair of James River Writers and is a member of the Alliance of Independent Authors, the Virginia Writers Club, and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association.
Visit her website at https://kris-spisak.com.
Her books may be purchased online at https://kris-spisak.com/books/
Primary Article Text by Sharyn Konyak – Event Hosted by Sharyn Konyak
In these times of Covid-19, this monthly meeting is presented online, via Zoom. You should be a member of the South Jersey Writers’ Group, but a trial membership will allow you to participate in all of our activities for 60 days to get a sense of what we do as a group. Members, please, go HERE to register for this event and get Zoom details. Or go HERE to become a new member, then follow links on Meetup to see and register for any of our EVENTS.
