Episode 37
Editing 'unearned writing'
The Editing Podcast · Louise Harnby (fiction editor) and Denise Cowle (non-fiction editor)
December 3, 201928m 31s
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Show Notes
Denise and Louise chat with guest Tim Storm about the concept of unearned writing, and how to craft prose that's authentic and plausible.
Listen To Find Out More About:
- The writer’s responsibility to the reader and the story
- Story events and character reactions in relation to plausibility and authenticity
- Salvation events
- Unnatural character realizations
- Contrived plot turns
- Thematic insertions or digressions
- Turning unearned writing into earned prose
- Idea flow in non-fiction
Resources related to the show
- Title Case Converter
- The Allusionist podcast
- Storm Writing School
- Free course from Tim: The Gold Standard Scene: Analyses of Near-Perfect Scenes in Prose Fiction
- Storm Writing School on Twitter
- Storm Writing School on Facebook
- Storm Writing School on Pinterest
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Music Credit
‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.