July 25: Intentional Editing

July 18, 2024 By Jeremy Madsen

With KayLynn Flanders

Thursday, July 25, 2024, 1:00–2:00 pm Mountain Time

The good news: Your story can be anything. The bad news: Your story can be anything. In this class, we’ll examine editing as permutation, and help you learn how to edit your story—with all its wonderful possibility—with intention.

This session will also be helpful for editors editing others’ work.

Bio: KayLynn Flanders, author of the Shielded duology, holds a degree in English language and worked as an editor for many years before turning to writing. KayLynn is a medium-adventurous foodie and spends her nonexistent spare time traveling, playing volleyball, and attempting new hobbies. She lives with her family in Utah between some mountains and a lake, but you can find her online at kaylynnflanders.com.

Watch the recording

How I Learned Not to Loathe Revisions

By Casey Cline -“Reaching one person with my creative work is far more important than earning ninety-nine likes on my latest Instagram post.”

Why We Should Pay Better Attention to the Pattern for a Musical

By Rebecca Burnham – ” …a great musical rests on a solid foundation. And the vast majority of musicals that have been widely embraced and celebrated share a common framework at their root.”

Sprint Writing for the Win

By Rebecca Talley – “There is no one-size-fits-all for writing a novel – or any book, for that matter. We all must figure out what works for us.”

How I Learned Not to Loathe Revisions

By Casey Cline -“Reaching one person with my creative work is far more important than earning ninety-nine likes on my latest Instagram post.”

Why We Should Pay Better Attention to the Pattern for a Musical

By Rebecca Burnham – ” …a great musical rests on a solid foundation. And the vast majority of musicals that have been widely embraced and celebrated share a common framework at their root.”

Sometimes Things Do Work Out

By Steve Dunn Hanson – We can choose how any situation or circumstance we find ourselves in will ultimately affect us. We can literally shape the results of all our experiences.

Cussing & Creating: 3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t (& Should!) Use Profanities in Your Writing

By Lizzy Pingry – Writers must evaluate the way they express themselves: how does our use of language and its profanities build or destroy our stories?

Portrait of a Painter: The Journey of Latter-day Saint Artist Dan Wilson

By Howard Collett – “God is in the very details of our work. That doesn’t just apply to Christian artists working on temple paintings, but it applies to anyone in any career. God can answer specific questions to help us be better providers, better employees, better employers, better husbands or wives, or wherever we need help.” – Artist, Dan Wilson

How To Build A Book Launch Team

By Bradley Salmond – Build your team by making a list of 20-30 people that you can contact directly. These can be business contacts, online relationships, or subscribers to your email list. Keep in mind that not everyone on your team will follow through. This is why you have to communicate clearly to the book launch team what actions you want them to take, when, and how. From the beginning, your expectations should be clear.

The Other Christmas Miracle

By Robert Starling – Whatever caused it to happen, and however widespread it was, the “night without darkness” came at the precise time prophesied by Samuel. This “other Christmas miracle” physically saved the lives of believing Nephites on that holy night so long ago, just as we are saved by trusting in Christ in our crazy world today.

Advice from the Experts: Marianna Richardson (Author, Professor, Wife, Mother)

By Lessa Harding – My favorite quote from Marianna during our interview is no surprise given our history. When I asked her how she balanced having a family and a career, she said: “The key is time. I didn’t do it all at once. I was an at-home mom for 40 years… The biggest frustration I see with a lot of women is they [think they] have to do it all now. . . . You don’t.”

With KayLynn Flanders

Thursday, July 25, 2024, 1:00–2:00 pm Mountain Time

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