Live Editing #5 with Editor Tom Bromley | Reedsy Live

In this back-to-school special, Reedsy’s Tom Bromley will edit viewer-submitted samples live on air.
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[@DR-fd8sx]

Thank you for reviewing my excerpt, and for taking the time to help struggling writers like myself. You’re a great help!

[@radfordka]

So glad to hear the recording as the time zone didn't help me today! Tom Bromley's style and voice certainly appeal to the struggling or hopeful writer. The choice of genres presented made this a useful session. Thank you, Tom, Felicia, and Reedsy. The hour did fly by.

[@tararama]

Notes from the LIVE session!
03:05 Beginnings (overall feedback) - cliched beginnings to avoid
- Having the person wake up
- Character waiting for a ship
07:25 Mystery/Suspense
1st person
- Why are we joining the story at this point
- Sense of the voice
- Info without a dump (info is carefully slipped in)
- Watch for familiar phrases
- Watch for repeated sounds in a row
- Specific in detail like setting and characters
- Intentional with imagery (use sparingly)
- Things happen unexpectedly / interrupted - effective storytelling
18:44 Romantic Comedy
1st person
- Humour is strong
- Character is likeable, making one laugh
- Watch how many characters you introduce in the beginning to not overshadow protagonist
- Little more focus on central character
- Make more clear on what protagonist thinks, feels
- Body movements are good
- Dialogue is good
- Good use of the senses
- Specific in the description without too much detail for this genre (get the details right)
35:48 Romantic Fiction
1st person
- Good example of capturing a time and setting
- It grounds the reader really well
- Smaller details rather than bigger details that reflects the time period
- The structure to discuss the time period funnels down to the specific characters in the story
- Check for repetitions and details that are not needed
52:52 Steampunk
3rd person
- Ground reader to world through senses
- Try and avoid words with ‘thing’ in it, everything
- Use single sentence paragraph sparingly for impact
- Strong verbs (raced, lingered, swayed)
- He looks, glanced, saw - you can assumer we are seeing what they are seeing so don’t need these phrases

[@julietatonello]

Thank you so much

[@mansoorali8011]

Great presentation

[@aishwarya5941]

When is the next session and how and where to send the excerpt?