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OK--I was just thinking about the "Writing Basics" not being good for business from more advanced members.

I love "Be a Better Writer," but now that I see it here, I have two thoughts. A lot of folks refer new members and people seeking help to "Jan's classes." I wonder whether you should use "Jan's 'Be a Better Writer.'" Also, I was wondering whether "Be a Better Write...

Oooh! I meant to!

I realize that when I first posted I said I had done two edits. I don't think posting it now will help attract more posts to this lesson, but I thought I'd post it anyway since it I had already done it. Plus I thought it would be a chance to alert folks to a question Jan has posted here . Here's the...

I didn't mean to turn away your appreciation, for which I thank you. I just wanted to give credit where credit is due.

Sorry to hear the plugging hasn't produced more results. You probably remember some/most of the old faithful participants. What about sending them personal invitations, telling them that the new classes will be geared towards all levels of writers and offering them the chance to be the guest teacher...

I think you have lots of FW friends (active and inactive) on FB. You might want to plug your lessons there. Also, I know that at one time you changed the name of the class to "Jan's Writing Basics." You might want to change it to something else to attract back some of the folks who partici...

What I am learning from you, Jan (with Steve's valuable input) . . . . Jan gets all the credit. If she didn't labor to put the lessons together and to respond to each post, there would be nothing for me to participate in. I certainly enjoy participating when I can, but her lessons would be incredib...

glorybee wrote:if I'm ever called on to do this presentation again, I'm definitely going to steal this idea.

Steal away. I've given so many assignments over the years that their origins tend to blur, but I think I stole this from a high school creative writing teacher!

Jan, I think the reason my version is so different is because I pretended the draft you gave was mine, not yours. When I edit someone else, I try not to let my voice overcome that writer’s voice. When I edit myself, obviously I can do whatever I want. Whenever I do tightening edits, I am always look...

Yeah, I saw that, too. I knew mine didn't prime yours. Now there's 2 to prime other responses. Let's hope Jan gets a lot of responses--it's such an important topic/skill.

I can't believe there aren't any takers yet! OK, I did 2 quick edits to prime the pump (I hope). I'll post them separately for maximum priming effect. :D Here's the first one: Doreen refused to lift her head. Maybe he would believe she was riveted by the book. Station after station—Weatherford, Ando...

Steve's comments about the ending theological conclusions leave me shaking my head a little (Mainly just confused like; did I really imply that? is that what I really left them thinking?) Graham, I realized I forgot to tell you where I was coming from on this. It was based on this: Demons 're real ...

I was thinking about your reluctance to use a dash, thinking perhaps that you'd not been taught how to use them in school. Jan, You and I have something interesting in common: we both like dashes more than the average writer or at least the average editor. Most style manuals say to use them sparing...

However, I still learn massive lessons from this. I could have made the whining of the congregation clearer and a sentence or two from some of the players (Like Eli saying "Can't they hear that? Don't they wonder what it is?") may have highlighted the point. I think that idea is right on ...