Thursday, September 11, 2014

"How Stephen King Teaches Writing" by Jessica Lahey in The Atlantic

It’s what you hear in your head, but it’s never right the first time. So you have to rewrite it and revise it. My rule of thumb is that a short story of 3,000 words should be rewritten down to 2,500. It’s not always true, but mostly it is. You need to take out the stuff that’s just sitting there and doing nothing. No slackers allowed! All meat, no filler! Read interview here.

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