A Scalpel, Not a Hammer: Micro-Editing Strategies
Strengthen your writing with micro-editing strategies.
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About this event
What will be covered in this workshop?
You've completed the first draft of a piece of writing! Now it's time to edit, but where do you start? Many writers struggle to know how to get started with editing their work. Should you start with word choice first? Or is it better to get the grammar correct? Or should you try to add more images? It's easy to get so overwhelmed trying to fix everything at once that you get overwhelmed and give up all together. But what's the solution? Micro-editing!
The strategy of focused, single-topic micro-editing can help you revise the same piece from multiple angles, all with reduced frustration. In this workshop, we learn a variety of micro-editing strategies that can be used when editing either poetry or prose. We will read living writers to allow us to see how a piece can be transformed with small changes. Generative prompts will be used to help us create a piece of writing that we can apply micro-editing strategies to throughout the workshop. Attendees will have the option to share drafts as part of the workshop. This workshop is open to writers of all levels, from experienced writers to first time drafters.
What Participants Will Take Away
- An understanding of what micro-editing is and how to do it
- A PDF of all prompts and readings provided during the workshop
- One new draft that has undergone multiple edits
There will be an optional opportunity to share.
Suitable for all levels.
Who is teaching this workshop?
Frances Klein (she/her) is an Alaskan poet and teacher. She is the 2022 winner of the Robert Golden Poetry Prize. Klein is the author of several poetry chapbooks, including "(Text) Messages from The Angel Gabriel" (Gnashing Teeth Press, 2024). Her full length collection Another Life is forthcoming in 2025. Klein's writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Harvard Advocate, The Atticus Review, HAD, and others.
When does this workshop happen?
Saturday June 1, 2024: 11 AM PDT / 2 PM EDT / 7 PM BST / 11:30 PM IST / 4 AM AEST
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How long is this workshop?
This workshop runs two days.
How is this workshop presented?
- Online, live, interactive.
- Participants are encouraged (but not required) to keep their cameras on.
- Run on Zoom.
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Sage Tyrtle's work is available or upcoming in New Delta Review, The Offing, and Apex among others. She's told stories on stages all over the world and her words have been featured on NPR, CBC, and PBS. She runs a low cost online writing workshop collective.