Commonplacing

magic beans, story-ports, sage advice and moon-wishes

Hi all,

I might have to go dark: marking season is upon us. I’ve spent this weekend writing a lecture on revision and it made me think about my editing habits and how they’ve changed over the years from methodical to maniacal. When I wrote short stories I would write longhand until I had a draft, then I would type it up and start revising from from ther…