Editing is a very important part of writing a book. It is necessary to get at least two people to edit a book: you and an editor.
This week, you will need to work in pairs. You will get a chance to be a writer and an editor.
1. Pick a section from between Chapter 11 and the Epilogue.
2. Write your chosen part of our story in your own words.
3. Redraft your own work. Read it through and correct any mistakes. If you think of anything that will improve it, you can add new bits and delete any old bits that don't quite work.
4. Swap your work with your partner.
5. Make a list of at least three things you love about your partner's work.
6. Make a list of suggestions that might improve your partner's work.
Please do not pick a section from the first ten chapters. Why? Because I want to use some of your work in our monster book, and by next week I will have already drafted chapters one to ten.
The editor who will proof read our monster book is called Olivia. She has kindly performed a line edit on the beginning of our monster book, so that you can see what a professional line edit looks like:
This week, you will need to work in pairs. You will get a chance to be a writer and an editor.
1. Pick a section from between Chapter 11 and the Epilogue.
2. Write your chosen part of our story in your own words.
3. Redraft your own work. Read it through and correct any mistakes. If you think of anything that will improve it, you can add new bits and delete any old bits that don't quite work.
4. Swap your work with your partner.
5. Make a list of at least three things you love about your partner's work.
6. Make a list of suggestions that might improve your partner's work.
Please do not pick a section from the first ten chapters. Why? Because I want to use some of your work in our monster book, and by next week I will have already drafted chapters one to ten.
The editor who will proof read our monster book is called Olivia. She has kindly performed a line edit on the beginning of our monster book, so that you can see what a professional line edit looks like:
Please sent your edited story extracts to rosen.trevithick@gmail.com by Friday, 14th March.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please leave your first name, age and location/school when leaving a comment.