Revision is writing anew.
Slogging around on the sentence level,
Changing this word,
Moving that one
Has very little to do with the reality of revision.
Slogging around on the sentence level,
Changing this word,
Moving that one
Has very little to do with the reality of revision.
Revision means you are like a painter walking
To the far side of his loft.
How does the piece look from twenty feet away?
Fifty feet?
One foot?
To the far side of his loft.
How does the piece look from twenty feet away?
Fifty feet?
One foot?
The goal of revision:
Intensify the work so it makes a moving picture
Inside the reader’s mind.
Your trick, what you are trying to pull off:
The reader forgets she is reading at all –
She has an experience.
Intensify the work so it makes a moving picture
Inside the reader’s mind.
Your trick, what you are trying to pull off:
The reader forgets she is reading at all –
She has an experience.
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