LLWRP 960 - The Art of Re-Visioning: A Primer on Substantive Editing Skills

Perplexed by trying to interpret vague critiques of your prose? Frustrated by the seemingly endless process of rewriting? Want to get beyond merely moving commas and correcting typos in your manuscripts? Join this intensive, fast-paced workshop and learn some effective techniques for evaluating your drafts and for jump-starting significant and meaningful revisions from an experienced developmental editor. Some examples from student work may be used for in-class discussion and exercises. If you would like your prose considered as an example, bring a 10-page, double-spaced, single-sided excerpt the first day of the class. Dawn is president of Dawn Marano & Associates, a literary consulting and developmental editing firm. Previously she served as an editor at the University of Utah Press, where she published many nationally recognized authors, including Mark Spragg, Chris Chester, and Catherine Mansell Mayo. She is a co-author of When We Say We're Home: A Quartet of Place and Memory, a work of literary nonfiction, and of a recently completed memoir, Trusting the Edge, which won first place in the nonfiction book category of the 2005 Utah Arts Council Original Writing Competition. Her work has been cited among Notable Essays in The Best American Essays.