Your Next Draft
Supporting fiction writers doing the hard work of revising unputdownable novels. The novel editing process is the creative crucible where you discover the story you truly want to tell—and it can present some of the most challenging moments on your writing journey.
Developmental editor and book coach Alice Sudlow will be your companion through the mess and magic of revision. You’ll get inspired by interviews with authors, editors, and coaches sharing their revision processes; gain practical tips from Alice’s editing practice; and hear what real revision truly requires as Alice workshops scenes-in-progress with writers.
It’s all a quest to discover: How do you figure out what your story is truly about? How do you determine what form that story should take? And once you do, how do you shape the hundreds of thousands of words you've written into the story’s most refined and powerful form?
If you’ve written a draft—or three—but are still searching for your story’s untapped potential, this is the podcast for you. Together, let’s dig into the difficult and delightful work of editing your next draft.
Your Next Draft
The Top 5 Editing Tips From Your Next Draft in 2023
The year’s most popular editing tip, plus four more strategies I don’t want you to miss.
What’s the best editing tip you’ve learned this year?
If you’ve been listening to Your Next Draft all year, there are quite a few to pick from—fifty, in fact.
So in this episode, I’m taking a look back at this year on Your Next Draft. I’ve selected the top five editing tips from 2023, tips you can put to use in your writing right away.
In it, you’ll hear:
- The most popular editing tip from 2023
- The editing principle I use with every manuscript and every client
- The editing strategy a client pitched me (that has since become one of my favorite tools!)
- And more!
It’s been a great year on the podcast. I can’t wait to share more editing strategies with you in 2024!
Links mentioned in the episode:
- Get my Scene Analysis Worksheet: alicesudlow.com/sceneworksheet
- Find J.D. Edwin’s books: jdedwin.com
- Ep. 8: What Is a Scene? The Ultimate Guide to Write and Edit Amazing Scenes
- Ep. 23: 3 Simple Steps to Edit Absolutely Anything in Your Novel
- Ep. 20: Listen in on a Real-Life Scene Edit with Author and Editor Kim Kessler
- Ep. 33: The 3-Step Formula to Evoke Emotion and Make Your Readers Feel
- Ep. 35: How to Create an Editing Process That Works for You With Author JD Edwin
- Ep. 50: Use This One Editing Tip for Everything You Write
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