| editing |
Editing is about community. It's a love I didn't know I had until I came to college. In my fiction and creative nonfiction workshops, we read each other's pieces and had to write critiques for it. I always went above and beyond with this. I genuinely enjoyed reading and picking apart others' pieces, with the intention of making them better. I never want to tear the author down, only help them build their piece up. See, editing is like a puzzle. When you find a sentence, or a comma, or an entire scene, that fits just right, there's a rush. It's different than editing or revising your own pieces, though; it's a rush that connects you to other writers. It makes the process of writing less lonely, more collaborative. One day, in addition to writing, I'd like to be a fiction/creative nonfiction editor, either a freelance one or one for a publishing company. That idea makes my heart smile. I've toyed with the possibility of owning my own printing press, to facilitate others' dreams coming true.
>>critiques
These are some of the critiques I wrote for my workshop classes. The original pieces are not attached, and therefore the critique may be confusing; however, it shows my attention to detail and my passion for the craft as a whole. The names of the authors have been changed.
>>anything goes
Anything Goes was my child for a long time. I started it at the beginning of my sophomore year in college. I wanted it to serve as an informal undergraduate magazine, a place where my peers could showcase their work for free. The name, "anything goes," refers to the only rule for submission. Unfortunately, you can't find this project online anymore, because all of my wonderful, talented peers had their work published in professional magazines. Anything Goes was my first experience with editing/"publishing," and it's when I got my first inkling that I would love to do that for a living.