E59
M.J. Fievre - Writing Through Trauma
From Change Starts Here · Hosted by Dustin Odham
Episode summary
In this episode of Change Starts Here: <p>Fievre published her first book as a teenager, and she credited her aunt, a grammar and literature teacher, for introducing her to the understanding and importance of editing. “She could look at my manuscript and see what it lacked on the grammar side. Also, she could help me with the developmental.
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<p>Fievre published her first book as a teenager, and she credited her aunt, a grammar and literature teacher, for introducing her to the understanding and importance of editing. “She could look at my manuscript and see what it lacked on the grammar side. Also, she could help me with the developmental.” Fievre quickly realized writing and editing were two essential but different crafts. Her advice to novice writers is to not worry about editing a piece while working on it. Take care of mistakes…