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“Il faut cultiver notre jardin,” —Voltaire
For those of us who don’t do fancy French, this means:
“We must cultivate our garden,” says Pangloss at the end of Voltaire’s Candide.
No sentiment could be truer for women who write. Stop focusing on the whole wide world. Instead, maintain a space that is your own and encourages the fruits of your labors to blossom.
But the process of growing our garden requires the right tools. Reading this blog and learning how to revise your own stories could help you cultivate your garden, obtain peace of mind, and establish your writing legacy. Happy reading and writing!
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But That’s What an Editor’s For!
You tackled writing your first short story, memoir, or novel. And you did it. You found a beginning, middle, and ending. You made yourself write out the entire thing and you completed the process. Now you can pat yourself on the back and grab a glass of wine and relax, right? Your job’s done.
Hold up.
This is the End
Endings.
Ever struggle with those in your writing?
This isn’t my usual birth—death—rebirth-themed nugget of inspiration. Although that’s an important concept to consider anytime you’ve reached the culmination of something.
Today, I want to address the kinds of endings that must well—truly end.
Do You Need an Editor?
Figuring out the editing process leaves most of us writers scratching our heads. But you need to understand it before you work with an editor. In high school, we were taught to write dry research papers. College writing programs get super philosophical about literature and tell you to read, read, read. But there’s not a roadmap for revising your creative writing… until now.