Story Editing: How to Assess and Fix Your First Draft

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Reedsy

Күн бұрын

Story editor Kristina Stanley reveals the top issues editors find in stories and shows you how to fix them yourself.

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@susannebeckerwrites 3 жыл бұрын

Apologies I didn't make it at 5am here in Oz...but settling in to watch it now. Excellent feedback! Just watched it - great information. Thank you!

@jackiemorrison2706 3 жыл бұрын

This was a fantastic, helpful session. I've very rarely come away with so many useable practical steps to take. I now have a plan! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

@KristinaStanleyMysteryAuthor 3 жыл бұрын

Jackie, I'm so please to hear this helped you and that you have a plan. I hope you love editing as much as I do!

@catherineebunilo4915 3 жыл бұрын

Not only did I learn so much, my confidence was built

@rachelmendell9086 3 жыл бұрын

This was an excellent tutorial! Thank you for sharing all the info! 💜

@AlisonWonderland999 3 жыл бұрын

I'm particularly grateful for Kristina's very last words of encouragement. Thank you!

@KristinaStanleyMysteryAuthor 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Allison. That's so nice to hear.

@havvaalexander9520 3 ай бұрын

This was great. Thank you!

@vikkytube1 3 жыл бұрын

A fantastic session. Loved it all the way through

@gerarddunmoore7609 2 жыл бұрын

An unbelievable eye-opener - thank you so much for your half hour. 🙏🏻❤️

@barbararose2385 3 жыл бұрын

One of the BEST discussions about character I have heard. They managed to get right to the essence of creating characters, protagonist and antagonist. Excellent for a beginner or if you have been at this and need a jumpstart on developing new characters or rewriting existing ones. Well worth every minute and worth listening again. Thank you for giving this!

@KristinaStanleyMysteryAuthor 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Barbara, thank you for the kind words. I'm glad you found the webinar helpful.

@jimmygable569 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@victoriang567 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you from Singapore

@1NewYorkBestseller 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a great session! From Australia

@Johann.vStaden 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best training videos I've seen yet on this very daunting subject. Thank you so much, highly informative! ❤👍

@Fictionary 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for letting me know. I'm glad you liked it.

@rawansaadeh5995 3 жыл бұрын

Great content, thank you!!

@terrypatterson1481 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kristina - I got so much out of that. It was very useful info. now considering signing up to fictionary.

@virginiamallo 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! From Argentina

@robinsprung207 3 жыл бұрын

Great stream!

@Legui1231 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview

@ydesireeg6455 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent, so much of useful information, thank you so much

@debbierichardson8364 3 жыл бұрын

excellent. Thank you

@vseme1572 2 жыл бұрын

Great and to the point.

@davidjarvis4047 2 жыл бұрын

Creative types avoid technical stuff to their detriment. This video was insightful. I realize I need to add the technical tools to my creative side. I feel myself resisting though. Change is hard.

@kit888 3 жыл бұрын

Starts at 6:00

@CharlieHorse4363 Жыл бұрын

Lifesaver

@markgruner5823 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, very helpful and informative. I write a bit in both fiction and nonfiction but mostly nonfiction. This editing style will work great with fiction and some styles of nonfiction but what about certain nonfiction that do not have characters per see, what approach would you take? Great job!

@KristinaStanleyMysteryAuthor 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark, Thank you for you kind words. I'm hesitant to comment for non-fiction. I'm not an expert in that. My focus is fiction. Maybe someone at Reedsy has thoughts on this.

@johnparnham5945 3 жыл бұрын

John Parnham from Nuneaton

@christopherbriscoe8665 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Martin. Sorry, I have a question, one of your questioners asked the question about pass - what does pass mean?

@Reedsy 3 жыл бұрын

They mean a draft or a 'go' at the manuscript. You might take another pass at the manuscript, looking to work only on dialogue issues - and another pass where you're looking at pacing.

@bernadettelongueira1714 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Bernadette from South Africa

@jameschristopher5601 3 жыл бұрын

I am sorry but I think this is wrong. I had a problem with scenes in my own book. The thing that should matters is the characters. The plot doesn't matter. I fingered how to write a scene by reedsy. Characters changes. The story is how the character changes or how other characters changes. I do the story circle for my scenes. How about fear? Characters should have a fear in their arc to grow in the story.

@KristinaStanleyMysteryAuthor 3 жыл бұрын

Hi John, You are correct. You're getting deeper into the topic than I was able to cover in such a short time. The characters must develop and change over the course of the story for most novels. There are of course exceptions that work well. Kinsey Millhone in the Sue Krafton series comes to mind. There needs to be a balance between the character development and the character arc to make a story powerful. Some stories are more character oriented and some plot oriented. I hope this helps.

@jameschristopher5601 3 жыл бұрын

@@KristinaStanleyMysteryAuthor No I am not going that deep. I am saying fear lets lets the reader feel for the character. It wouldn't be that hard to explain to authors trying to edit their books. Right? Characters drive the plot because of their fear. There are many books that does this well and some don't. I am not going that far into characters. Which is better Twilight or Song of Ice & Fire?