Hello writers and welcome to week 2 of Writer In Motion! Hopefully it wasn’t too hard to click publish on a completely untouched draft. Don’t worry, that fear is totally normal, even after years of doing this, it’s still hard for me to hit publish. It takes an incredibly strong person to be that vulnerable, to show your work when it might have grammar or spelling mistakes, tense or point of view changes.
The good news is that is all in the past! This week, things start to get better. Your rough draft gets to start coming into focus, and you get to start feeling more confident in your work! This week is the self edited version, so break out your editing pens and get marking! Cut entire paragraphs, fix those typos, change anything you want! This week is the week to really rein in that first draft and make it start to shine.
We can’t wait to see how your story evolves, whether that’s small changes or big sweeping ones! Be sure to drop a link to your story in the comments, and head over to the forums for a sneak peak of what others might be doing to their work!
Here’s mine!
http://josiesmithauthor.com/2021/07/22/writer-in-motion-week-2-the-self-edited-draft/
Her mental bear trap tightened—metal tooth upon metal tooth—to keep her thoughts unreachable, untouchable.
Unsellable.
https://writing.fanfarevt.com/writer-in-motion-self-revised-draft/
https://mayadarjani.com/2021/07/22/writer-in-motion-week-2-the-self-edit/
“It was a simple but effective note: I know who saved you. Meet me on the Sevenmoon. Alone.”
https://smroffey.com/wim-2021-week-2-self-edited-draft/
Right when it’s time to start rolling my eyes, when I’m about to punch you in the shoulder. You turn into smoke and I pass through you like the figment you are. Then reality grips my heart and throat.
https://www.keiralekseii.com/post/writer-in-motion-week-2-self-edit
“But I commit my mistakes again and again. I try to learn and understand. I do. But the mistakes follow me like a trail of ants, crawling up and down my body.”
https://www.adriabailton.com/musings/writer-in-motion-week-2-self-edited-story
Here is mine!
https://stephwhitaker80.wixsite.com/swhitakerwrites/post/writer-in-motion-week-2—self-edits
Here’s my self-edited draft.
https://writerinmotion.com/WIMForum/index.php?topic=426.0
Thanks!
Here’s mine:
https://writerinmotion.com/WIMForum/index.php?topic=426.msg1366#msg1366
Thanks!
Come. Sit by the fire, and I’ll tell you a story.
https://writerinmotion.com/WIMForum/index.php?topic=428.msg1375#msg1375
Here’s my week 2 version!!
https://northseawriter.wordpress.com/2021/07/23/writer-in-motion-week-2-sulphur-and-smoke/