Patreon Online Writing Class: Tightening Prose
July 27, 2022— 8 to 9:30pm Eastern
Mary Robinette teaches classes, once a month, for her $25 Patreon supporters. The topic rotates, depending on what folks want to know about.
The scene needs to be there, but it’s too long. How do you decide what to cut and how much to cut without breaking the scene or losing characterization? We’ll look at metrics for making decisions and try out some tools for cutting.
Structure (all times in Eastern)
- 8:00 pm Chat for 5 minutes as people get settled.
- 8:05 pm Begin recording
- 8:45 ish Open the floor for questions from the chat
- 9:00 ish Stop recording near the hour and switch to Q&A for any questions that you didn’t want to be recorded.
- Later ish MRK will open the breakout rooms for anyone who wants to stick around for writing or social time.
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