Episode 240 #Editing for the Best Version of Your Vision with Tiffany Yates Martin

Who wouldn&#8217;t want a step-by-step process for revision? In her book <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781950830022">Intuitive Editing</a>, this week&#8217;s guest, developmental editor Tiffany Yates Martin, lays out an approach that will help keep you organized, although sadly there is no magic wand involved. We talked to her about the big picture questions she asks before diving into someone else&#8217;s work: <br/><br/>Is the main story question clear?<br/><br/>Do the characters drive the story?<br/><br/>Do we/the characters end up somewhere different than where we began?<br/><br/>Where does the momentum flag (because it will, somewhere) and why?<br/><br/>Then we deep dive into questions of finding objectivity in your own work, micro-suspense, suspense vs. tension, writing manuals and&#8212;most important of all&#8212;how important it is to know that all first drafts are terrible and revision is part of the work. <br/><br/>A few links from the pod<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781555974718">If You Want to Write</a> by Brenda Ueland<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780312267490">How to Grow a Novel</a> by Sol Stein<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780312254216">Stein on Writing</a> by Sol Stein<br/><br/><a href="https://foxprinteditorial.com/summit/">*FREE* Editorial Summit - December 6th</a><br/><br/>#AmReading<br/><br/>Tiffany: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780525541905">Such a Fun</a> Age by Kiley Reid<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781984854780">Dear Edward</a> by Ann Napolitano<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780525536291">The Vanishing Half</a> by Brit Bennett<br/><br/>KJ: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780593101940">Ties that Tether</a> by Jane Igharo<br/><br/>Sarina: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781250042613">Fangirl</a> by Rainbow Rowell<br/><br/>Sarina and KJ have news!<br/><br/>The Chicken Sisters is out! <a href="https://www.norwichbookstore.com/kj-dellantonia-chicken-sisters-pre-order-signed-