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.

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Common Publishing Terms to Know

By Breanna Call – “As with any trade, there is a plethora of jargon. But there’s no need to be overwhelmed or confused as you step into your writing journey. We’ve got you covered.”

The Blessings of Involuntary Self-Employment

By Mariah K. Porter – “What matters to me matters to Him, and I don’t need to worry as I put my faith in Him.”

How “Save the Cat” Can Save Your Story – Part Five

By Ali Cross – “This is the darkest hour before the dawn, and the door through which your hero must pass to experience profound transformation.”

The Five P’s to Pitching Your Book

By KaTrina Jackson – “There are things you can do to make pitching a positive experience—and increase your chances of landing that dream publisher!”

Common Publishing Terms to Know

By Breanna Call – “As with any trade, there is a plethora of jargon. But there’s no need to be overwhelmed or confused as you step into your writing journey. We’ve got you covered.”

The Blessings of Involuntary Self-Employment

By Mariah K. Porter – “What matters to me matters to Him, and I don’t need to worry as I put my faith in Him.”

How “Save the Cat” Can Save Your Story – Part Five

By Ali Cross – “This is the darkest hour before the dawn, and the door through which your hero must pass to experience profound transformation.”

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

Faith and Fear are Two Sides of the Same Coin: 3 Steps to Creating in Faith

By Lauri Mackey – Both faith and fear are a belief in something unseen and yet to be experienced; why do we sometimes give fear more power than our faith? Your gifts and talents in your chosen field are needed. My hope is that you can find some motivation in these words and plan right now to take that action step that will create your own motivation, and then momentum in giving faith all of the glory and power it deserves and kicking fear to the curb.

The 3 Cs of Editing: Clarity, Consistency, and Correctness.

By Devan Jensen – As editors, we focus on three Cs: clarity, consistency, and correctness.

A Conversation with Adassa

By Adassa – “Sometimes you have to say no to money so you can say yes to moments—and moments you can never get back.”

With KayLynn Flanders

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

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