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Informal Lecture: The Joy (Really!) of Revision (Online)

The Manuscript Academy has invited me back for another informal lecture via Crowdcast.

Class description here:

The old writerly advice is to write drunk and revise sober. But what if we could make revision itself intoxicating? If the point of revision is to improve a composition, then the work just becomes a mess of problems to be solved, triggering insecurity and perfectionism, making inertia set in. This session will cover techniques for approaching revision in a spirit of play, curiosity, and experimentation instead. By letting go of our attachment to results, we can actually start to see a story grow in organic and original directions. Revision becomes an opportunity to learn from a story, not just fix it.