editing

Categories Write-Minded

The Most Kindest Cut of All

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I get it, I really do.  I get how hard it is to cross out a cunning word.  To draw a line through a finely-wrought phrase.  To sever a sumptuous sentence.  To amputate a paragraph, to delete great dialogue, to chop a chapter, to cut. I’ve been doing a lot of cutting lately; I know … Read more The Most Kindest Cut of All

Categories My Writerly Life

In Decline

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I just talked my way out of a job.  A big job.  A double-digit thousand dollar job.   Dimiter and I met on a show about two years back.  He’s a pretty extraordinary guy, a Bulgarian-born actor, director, acting coach, musician and gourmet chef, among other things.  Dimiter has written a book; a dual-purpose “how-to” … Read more In Decline