Editing Speculative Short Fiction: An Overview
Join host Andrew Wilmot in learning how to edit short fiction for publication.
A quick-and-simple look at and discussion about editing speculative short fiction for publication—for clients and for yourself—touching on both substantive/developmental and copy editing, and with a focus on dialogue and rhythm. With respect to short fiction specifically, we’ll discuss maximizing the real estate of a limited word count and, related, the importance of opening in media res. We will also look at taking advantage of your individual strengths and learning to lean on what might separate you from other editors.
For those wanting to work publish the work of others, we’ll also touch on the editor/author relationship; building a malleable style guide, one that is both static and capable of shifting when necessary to accommodate myriad voices and storytelling styles; and the importance of having a team of editors to fill in the gaps in one’s awareness, and to support each other’s strengths and weaknesses.
Join host Andrew Wilmot in learning how to edit short fiction for publication.
A quick-and-simple look at and discussion about editing speculative short fiction for publication—for clients and for yourself—touching on both substantive/developmental and copy editing, and with a focus on dialogue and rhythm. With respect to short fiction specifically, we’ll discuss maximizing the real estate of a limited word count and, related, the importance of opening in media res. We will also look at taking advantage of your individual strengths and learning to lean on what might separate you from other editors.
For those wanting to work publish the work of others, we’ll also touch on the editor/author relationship; building a malleable style guide, one that is both static and capable of shifting when necessary to accommodate myriad voices and storytelling styles; and the importance of having a team of editors to fill in the gaps in one’s awareness, and to support each other’s strengths and weaknesses.
Host: Andrew Wilmot
Andrew Wilmot is an award-winning writer and editor, co-publisher of the magazine Anathema: Spec from the Margins, and an associate/acquisitions editor for Poplar Press. Their first novel, The Death Scene Artist, an epistolary horror story of body dysmorphia, gender dysphoria, and self-destruction, is available from Buckrider Books/Wolsak & Wynn. Visit their website at: andrewwilmot.ca