May 17, 2013 FREE Writing Workshop: Writing
Gymnastics: The Art of the Flip
Time: 6 pm - 8 pm, Friday, May 17, 2013
Location: Mardel's, 5964 Barnes Road, Colorado
Springs, CO 80922
“Omit needless words. Vigorous writing is
concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no
unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no
unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.” —William Strunk Jr.
At every writer’s
conference an editor will share the “Top 10” editing tips every writer must
know. At the top of the list?
- Get rid of adverbs,
adjectives and ‘to be’ verbs.
- Write in the active
voice.
- Show, don’t tell.
Easier said than done. Have you ever noticed that workshops and articles on editing tell you what to do, but fail show how to make these changes. Truth is? Every
writer’s natural tendency defaults to passive voice, filler words and telling. This interactive workshop,
Writing Gymnastics: The Art of the Flip, teaches
you how to exercise and perform editorial perfect 10’s. Gain Olympian skills
in:
- Spotting: How to save time by using an editor’s best friend: “Replace
and Find.”
- Front Twist: Flip a sentence from passive to active voice,
plus turn adjectives into picture nouns and adverbs into visual verbs.
- Back Walkover: Kick out words that “tell” — adverbs, camouflaged
verbs, say-nothing-generic nouns, and normalizations — and land on words that
“show.”
- Backward roll: Push out “weasel” words —qualifiers,
intensifiers, wordy phrases, or words that slow action or are redundant, overused
or buzzwords.
- Gymnastics Coaching: Coaching
examples —critique comments from real fiction and nonfiction WIP’s
(work-in-progress) — will be featured.
If you want to gain
these easy-to-learn drills and skills to train as a Gold-medal writer, bring your
manuscript and 6 different colored highlighters or your laptop. As we explore
each skill, you will mark up your WIP and return home with the know-how to
self-edit and polish your manuscript.
A Scheduling Conflict Worth Considering
Colorado Christian Writers Conference
May 15 - 18, 2013
Estess Park, CO
I can’t say enough about Marlene
Bagnall’s spiritual desire to equip writer’s to pursue the passion God placed
in your heart to write, which is the same mission that drives Springs Writers.
Marlene’s conference is more than just a “professional” writers’ conference.
Your heart will receive spiritual encouragement, plus the challenge to hone
your writing skills to make a difference in the lives of others. Please forgive
me for not posting this conference information sooner. As I grieve the death of
my firstborn days and months blur together. If you can attend, please log on to
http://colorado.writehisanswer.com
and register now! You can choose from
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