Writing is not a race.
How many words did you add to your writing project this week? More than your critique partner added to hers?
Who cares? So long as you’re progressing, your pace on this stretch doesn’t matter.
Awhile back, my wife and I enjoyed a three-day getaway in the mountains west of Denver. Each day we hiked about three miles. But for each hike we … Continue reading
A first draft is great, but seldom good enough.
by Andy Scheer
The author’s eagerness shone through his email. He’d just finished a manuscript, a 40,000-word nonfiction piece. He’d written it to encourage and inspire others in his occupation.
In two months, he’d attend a writers conference. He hoped I’d edit his manuscript — before the conference. To give me a sense of … Continue reading
Do you worry about what you capitalize and hyphenate?
by Andy Scheer
For hardcore word nerds, there’s big news from Chicago. When they heard it at the recent meeting of the American Copy Editors Society, people cheered.
An editor with the Chicago Manual of Style said their seventeenth edition, to release this fall, will advise that Internet be lowercased, not … Continue reading