Read it backwards. Deep Revision: Part 5.
This is Part Five of a 5-part tutorial called Deep Revision. This series is designed to help you prepare for The Little Bird Writing Contest. The contest is now open!
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To be a good editor of your own work, you have [...]
Cut it up. Deep Revision: Part 4.
This is Part Four of a 5-part tutorial called Deep Revision. This series is designed to help you prepare for The Little Bird Writing Contest. The contest is now open!
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One of the hardest things about attempting revision [...]
Read for influence. Deep Revision: Part 3.
This is Part Three of a 5-part tutorial called Deep Revision. This series is designed to help you prepare for The Little Bird Writing Contest. The contest is now open!
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Don’t pirate my editions; do plunder my visions. [...]
The Little Bird Salon
On March 1st, 2013, I spoke to Giller nominee and Little Bird Writing Contest judge Alix Ohlin about the pleasures and perils of writing life.
In just over an hour, we were able to go surprisingly deep. We answered a wide variety of thoughtful (and tricky) questions from our audience, including:
How do you get [...]
Lose the first draft. Deep Revision: Part 2.
This is Part Two of a 5-part tutorial called Deep Revision. This series is designed to help you prepare for The Little Bird Writing Contest. The contest opens on March 1st!
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The Little Bird Contest opens in FOUR [...]
Do you understand your own story? Deep Revision: Part 1.
This is Part One of a 5-part tutorial called Deep Revision. This series is designed to help you prepare for The Little Bird Writing Contest. The contest opens on March 1st!
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This is one of the great anxieties [...]
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