Editing Happy (Core course, Lesson #12)
You've written some poems, but don't know how to start editing them?
You avoid editing, editing is scary, demoralising, depressing?
Want to edit better? Maybe even enjoy it?
Every poet needs to edit; good editing makes for good poems. A perfect lesson for those who go in fear or defiance of the editor. Bust the myths and the bad attitudes. Learn to see editing as positive, creative and fun, and learn how to edit well.
What is included in this class?:
- A lecture on positive and negative attitudes towards editing, healthy and unhealthy ideas about editing, how these effect you and your writing, an editing toolkit you can apply to any poem.
- A guided editing exercise.*
This lesson is a download. You will receive a link to download your purchase in the Thank You page after checkout. A link will also be emailed to the address you provided; the link lasts for 30 days.
*This exercise is about redrafting a piece of your own work, so have one of your own poems to hand.