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03/10/23 Taking Time to Write

A Writing Community That Grows With Me

Renee Walsh  novel, revision, writing community

It's been great to participate in this year's Book Revision Lab, to reconnect with my old writing pals from 2020’s Novel Incubator while adding new people to my writing community. Everyone has been ...

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02/23/23 Getting It Done

Revision: Memoir in the Off-Season

Shanda McManus  memoir, revision

February brings to an end one of my favorite seasons—football season. Starting in late summer, my hopes start to build for my favorite team, the Philadelphia Eagles. I read notes about training camp...

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02/16/23 Inside the Book Revision Lab

Starting My Revision Journey

Elizabeth Jannuzzi  memoir, revision

Here we go (again)! After completing the yearlong Memoir Incubator program in 2022, I’m now participating in the Book Revision Lab. On February 2, we had our first Zoom session. We met as a group—...

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02/09/23 Room to Write

Facing the Mess of Revision

Jennifer Gaites  memoir, revision

My fifth grader is that funny age between grammar school and middle school but he still lets me read to him every night. So, the other night as he wound down, I grabbed a book and went into his room, ...

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12/22/22 Taking Time to Write

Emulate Writing That Works

Renee Walsh  comps, openings, revision

Every day in my first-grade classroom, my students and I read stories together. We discuss the author’s message, describe the characters and the setting, and share our reactions. Then, we reread our...

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10/18/22 Rewriting Revision

Boosting My Motivation to Revise My Novel

Caitlin Maskowitz  revision, staying motivated, writing goals

Some people have an internal drive that seems to fuel them toward their goals at incredible speed. I am not one of those people. My motivation for revising my current manuscript has come in waves and ...

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09/27/22 Rewriting Revision

Fresh Reader Feedback Rocks

Caitlin Maskowitz  feedback, fresh readers, revision

Getting feedback from fresh readers (that is, readers who are new to my novel) has been instrumental in my revision process. Initially, I worried I wasn’t good enough to share my work with other...

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05/13/22 Rewriting Revision

Revising is Hard – Strategies On How to Revise a Book

Caitlin Maskowitz  motherhood, revision, writing routine

I wrote the first draft of my manuscript in about nine months, at the beginning of the pandemic. If I can block out the traumatic memories of getting furloughed while pregnant and worries about bringi...

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