Before you read, you may want to check out the first and second parts of “After the Workshop.” In brief summary, we’ve gone to a short-fiction workshop, had our critique, and gone home to review the obvious places — the hotspots — that need work in our story. And now it’s time for… Commentary Hierarchy [...]
Once upon a time, I was a manager of people. Yes, a middling middle manager with a team of people who “reported” to me. One of the things I ran around preaching during that five-year stint was that I managed people so that they could “play to their strengths.” I actually do believe this is [...]
In the first installment of this article, we introduced the notion of strategies for tackling your stories after they’ve gone through the standard short fiction workshop. Finding and Using Hotspots By the time a workshop ends, I usually have extensive notes. I also have notes (typically written on story drafts) from others. If I’m on [...]
