Hello and welcome to my mid-week Writer In Motion process post. In last week’s revisions, I fleshed out the story to 1300 words, then trimmed off errant phrases and tightened …
Tackling Short Story Critiques
Nowhere by Melissa Bergum
Hello, hello, it’s week four already (holy crap!) and this week we focused on self-edits. After four passes, okay maybe five if you count adding the word “a” and a …
Scorched by Dragon Fire by K. J. Harrowick
I finally have the revision elements added in (I hope) and I’ve stitched the structure back together. I’ve been tackling lines to tighten up the prose and slid in at …
Short Story Revisions
Revisions are underway on the first draft of my short story, Ketoshé 12, and already I’m banging my head against the desk. My readers last week provided beautiful insights, so …
Nowhere by Melissa Bergum
Howdy! Included below is my first draft in all its flaming glory of terribleness. I wrote the first draft by hand and transcribed it exactly as written. There are spelling …