writing advice — The Write Stuff

I was three years out of grad school, having completed the first draft of Eisenstein’s Monster, the author of seven short stories published in the US and UK…and flat broke.

Editing & RevisionAlex BachFebruary 22, 2017SEO, copywriting, editing, life lessons, writing advice

TOOLS OF REVISION (part 2)

Hemingway famously said “The essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, bullshit detector;” he also famously said “Write drunk, edit sober.” What both of these get at is the need to develop a way to look at your work from a different vantage point.

Editing & RevisionAlex BachFebruary 3, 2017editing, revision, writing advice, Eisenstein's Monster

TOOLS OF REVISION (part 1)

TOOLS OF REVISION you can use for any style of writing—fiction, non-fiction, blog, essay, or that four-part treatise you’re composing on the abject inhumanity of the traffic on the Eisenhower.