So excited to be participating in In Your Write Mind! This writer’s conference is near and dear to my heart since it’s hosted by the alumni group of my alma mater, Seton Hill University. (Go, Griffins!)

I’m posting links to my presentations here for attendees of the conference and frankly for anyone else who wants them. There’s no secret formula to Revision or Writing Synopsis, but if the exercises here help you, let me know, and I’ll post more content like this.

Revision: This session draws heavily on the revision craft book “Intuitive Editing: A Creative and Practical Guide to Revising Your Writing” by Tiffany Yates as well as my own experience as a writer of Chaos who needs a very steady revising hand. I use Yates’ book as a guide to break down the overwhelming revision into four separate chunks.

Writing Synopsis: This session is actually based off my final teaching assignment for my M.F.A. in Writing Popular Fiction. In a series of prompts, I help writers break their stories into the simplest form to help them pitch, write a synopsis, and back cover material.