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"Why is the sky blue," she asked. "Do you want the scientific answer or the poetic one?" her partner responds. "Both." She smiles. "When you look up, the sun catches your eyes before all other things and scatters the light everywhere, sharing their brilliance for all the world to see." #writersofinstagram #bluesky"Those guides, though," he said, laughing, considering their recent hike through the mountains-nestled remains of Machu Picchu. "Right?" she agreed. "Oh look! This random piece of rock is SUPER important." "I wish we had heard why it was important." He leaned into her, casually, without any real intention. They sat closely and comfortably on the train already, but they'd long ago slipped into an easy physical connection. Close enough to say, "let's go on a big vacation together." "You know what's cool?" he said, "This vacation. I've really loved traveling with you." "Yeah, it's worked out really well." She almost joked about trying out for The Amazing Race, but she didn't want to hear him say that was crazy, that it would break them. She wasn't ready for them to be broken, yet. "My parents used to hike all over the place with me and my brother in backpacks," she said instead. "Can you imagine? Hauling us around everywhere like that?" "That would be amazing," he breathed out. "Really?" she asked, turning to him. "Definitely. We'd have the cutest half-American, half-Dutch babies. We'd show them the world," he smiled, without guile, without expectation, and she knew then, they would never be broken. #eavesdropping #writersofinstagramIt works out. Still, rejection stings. #6wordstory #writersofinstagram“Pops, pops! Do you see that one house with the big yard and the tree in the middle of it?” he asks his dad, his nose pressed up against the glass. His dad chuckles, unable to see much beyond the little head with big ideas that fills the squished in window on the plane. “Yeah,” he pretends, “I see it.” “Ima buy that house when I’m grown, then build a awesome tree house and that’s where Jamar and me are gon’ live.” “You won’t live in the big house?” “Naw. You and moms can live there. And Jamar’s parents. I can fix lots of stuff, but you can fix *everything*.” “How do you know Jamar will want to live there with you?” “Because we tight. And he told me about all the stuff we’re gon’ do with our kids. Teach ‘em stuff. See?” His dad smiles and leans in to share the window space with his son, their cheeks lined up, noses to the glass. “Yeah, I see. That’s a good plan.” #Future #writersofinstagram-
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Get Yourself Out of the Way
I’m in the thick of revisions/editing. I approach editing a little differently than drafting. While drafting, I jump around all over the place when the ideas hit me for the various scenes. With editing, I tend to be much more … Continue reading
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Tagged authenticity in fiction, editing, editing for authenticity, editing tips, Paul Simon, writing, writing tips
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Editing for the Big Picture
I’m sitting here waiting out the difficult stage of editing – which is that of waiting. I’ve worked through a round of revisions and need to not look at the manuscript for a couple of days so that I can … Continue reading
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Tagged chapter analysis, editing, editing tips, story turning points, writing, writing tips
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Better Words: Brief Thoughts on Editing
Have I ever mentioned how much I enjoy the editing process? Actually, yes, I have, back when I was at this same stage as my first novel. I don’t have much to add to that post except perhaps experience. To … Continue reading
Saturday Summation – 14 July 2012
Here are some of my most interesting blog and news reads of the week. Writing Stuff: Pretty much all writing stuff this week, with maybe one crossover piece into reading: I got a kick out of this article from the … Continue reading
Posted in Reading, Writing
Tagged characterization, editing, reading, Saturday Summation, writing, writing process
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Why I Look at Self e-Publishing as the End of the Line
Last August, I read an article in The Guardian stating that the decline of print books to ebooks was not near as high as the media (read: “Important Bloggers” and “Indignant Indie Authors”) indicated. That in fact, print book sales … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, books, ebooks, editing, epublishing, J. Marie Rundquist, Janet Rundquist, publishing, self publishing, traditional publishing
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This Title Should Be Changed
As writers, a writer, we know I in good company when I recognize that having someone look over my writing, critique it (maybe you should surround “critique it” with em dashes instead of commas), is always going to make it … Continue reading
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Tagged crit group, criticism, critique, editing, feedback, J. Marie Rundquist, Janet Rundquist, writing, writing process
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Love That Editing
I love the editing process. Love it. I don’t know how common this is, but it seems like I’ve seen Twitter posts and blog posts that more often than not lambaste editing as being a tedious and unpleasant task. However, … Continue reading
