Treat your edit as an act of re-Vision,
of revisiting your original vision for your work.
From there, put all your heart, art and skill
into aligning what’s on the page with that vision.
Too often as writers, we view the editing process as a harsh, left-brain activity filled with violent and abusive language: We force our work to our will. We gag, restrain or reign in in our characters, we hack away at our words, whip our work into shape or beat our work into submission. It’s a dysfunctional paradigm that holds us back as writers and disrupts the organic flow essential to all creation.
"Vision & Revision: A Radical Approach to Editing," my final Albuquerque writing workshop before my move to L.A., aims to help you discover a more heartful approach to polishing your work and your words.
This radical departure from traditional editing techniques is more effective than the old way because it respects both the inherent wisdom of your manuscript and your innate knowingness of what works and what doesn’t.
It’s neither a left-brain method nor is it a right-brain one. It’s whole-brain and whole-body approach that will revolutionize your view of editing and revision.
Whether you have a manuscript ready to revise, are in the initial stages of a project or are somewhere in between, Vision & Revision: Radical Approach to Editing will offer you tools, techniques and inspiration to produce powerful prose that expresses your vision — vividly, eloquently and evocatively.
