Synopsis:
Truman Capote famously said: "I'm all for the scissors. I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil." In fact, many great writers refer to the editing stage as "where the real work happens." The fine art of editing really can make good writing great and time and time again proves the old adage that less really is more. This workshop looks at distilling and crystallizing your writing to make it shorter, sharper and – most importantly – better. The workshop will include practical exercises and will teach you a number of tried and tested editing techniques. As Dr Seuss says: "So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads."
This workshop is suitable for writers of any experience level, from both fiction and non-fiction, who want to develop a disciplined approach to their work and gain an understanding of the importance and effectiveness of good editing.
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