Live Editing #3 with Tom Bromley | Reedsy Live
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- Want to get your writing edited by a veteran ghostwriter and editor? In this very special Reedsy Live, our Head of Learning, Tom Bromley, will edit writing submissions of up to 500 words from viewers, providing tips and practical feedback that any writer can learn from.
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I took notes while on LIVE and thought it could be useful. Thanks so much for the learning!
1. Romance - Fantasy (romantasy)
- The story is buried down a few paragraphs; move the crucial moment higher up
- The paragraphs are getting longer which slows down the pace especially in the beginning of the story
- Rule of Three, in a list or sequence. Example “white”
- Employ for emphasis, use sparingly as to not loose effect
- Beware of repetition such as “sun” “sunlight”
- Ground the reader with details of setting (location, character) so the reader knows where the story is taking place
- Bring emotion and feeling of protagonist (watch for contradictions of this such as numbness (lack of feeling vs feeling regret in sentence sequence)
2. Sci-Fi (Theme: Climate Change)
- Bring the action (what the character doing / movement) up earlier in text; link action to bigger picture (like the theme)
- Lee Child’s advice, write fast stuff slow and slow stuff fast
- Sprinkle in setting to ground reader (where, when/time this is happening)
- Repetition like gaze, eyes (implore different body language); Bromley’s pet peeves “throw a smile”, eyebrows arching.
- Avoid words like “obvious”, “evident” and use the writing to make it so
3. Historial Fiction
- Check length of paragraphs
- Using single sentence paragraphs as a technique for emphasis; this needs a solid build / set up; check to see which sentence would work (emotion vs thought)
- Be clear on setting, location
- The impact (of the dead body) could be earlier
- The details could be more dark and moody to fit story/sub-genre
- Reveal emotion and less rational (thinking) of protagonist
- Watch for odd word usage like “murmuration” with things not associated with murmuring
4. Romantic Comedy
- Check for shifts in POV
- Opening sentence is too long (break it down)
- Check contradictions in sequence of events (from “silenced” to then dialogue)
- Show the argument, not tell it (the interesting bit)
- Look for details in props
- Let the situation work for you to show your character (reaction) instead of the character approaching the situation
- Read the dialogue out loud; description tags before someone speaks pauses the conversation and slows it down
- Minimise adverbs
great job on this. thanks
Thank you for the summary! So helpful!
Hello from Lake Erie in Michigan, USA!!!
Hello Martin. Switzerland here!!
Hi there, pleasure to be here from New Zealand.. just wondered if Live Editing #4 with Editor Tom Bromley
15:00 EST - Jun 27, 2024 is still going ahead as scheduled.
A wonderful exchange of ideas and thoughts
Hiya Martin and Tom.Bogotá,Colombia amplifying the waves.
Hello! Jean from Rockaway Beach New York
Thank you much learnt.
Heyyyyyyy everyone!!!!!!
Hello
Ernest from Ghana
An open exchange of thought is encouraged
Yasmin from Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Oh wow, I don't think I've ever seen Martin in daylight.
Richard Spain Ardsley NY
Richard Spain Yonkers NY
Sorry to be late. Just got home.
For the last example (which was very funny and engaging) I would have preferred a little slower pace with the characters reaction. Specifically the man. He was smiling and that's a rather peculiar reaction for someone who's just been in a crash. We didn't get much from him other than smiling, not smiling and then asking if she was OK. Which felt rushed. Why was he smiling? And why was he watching her leave so intently? Gave me a little bit of a manic pixie dream boy meets high strung boss lady, which I'm all for, but his reactions felt underdone while hers were a little overdramatic in my opinion. But still, lots of fun in that particular piece😁
I hired a worthless editor from Reedsy, Nick Mould. Completely incompetent and unprofessional. Reedsy's protection program was worthless. They rushed to his defense even though he couldn't even cite a newspaper properly and they deleted my negative review of him. Don't be scammed by Reedsy. There are much better ways to find competent help.
There's obviously no one correct style of writing that's appropriate in all circumstances
Hello from Lake Erie in Michigan, USA!