S1 E5 - The Inner Critic and Self-Doubt

Editing can be an overwhelming experience, so this month we are bringing you our tips for silencing your inner critic and dealing with self-doubt. As writers, we are all guilty of telling instead of showing at some point. Ever wonder how to identify where that is in your writing and how to make it go away?  In this episode, we talk about showing versus telling and when to use each and how to do so appropriately. We will give you warning flags and words as well as give you some ideas on how take the scene or paragraph from telling to showing (or vice-versa if that's the case). In today's episode, we mentioned two resources: The Emotional Thesaurus collection by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi as well as the book, Sin & Syntax: How to Create Wicked Good Prose by Constance Hale Questions, comments, or ideas? Email us at [email protected] or DM Skye or Rachel on Instagram, @SkyeHorn_Author or @RaeLynnFry and while you're at it, give us a follow. Visit our websites: www.SkyeHorn.com and www.RaeLynnFry.com. Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast so you can get notified every time we come out with a new episode!

Editing can be an overwhelming experience, so this month we are bringing you our tips for silencing your inner critic and dealing with self-doubt. Have you ever wondered what other writers meant when they said, "That section is too passive."? In this episode, we talk about what that means and how to identify when you could be writing in the passive voice. We will give you warning flags and words as well as give you some ideas on how to make the section into more of an active voices as well as discussing when it's okay to use a passive voice.  In this episode, we mentioned the eight "Be" verbs: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been. We also mentioned one of our favorite writing tools that helps us identify and change that pesky passive writing voice: ProWriting Aid.  Questions, comments, or ideas? Email us at [email protected] or DM Skye or Rachel on Instagram, @SkyeHorn_Author or @RaeLynnFry and while you're at it, give us a follow. Visit our websites: www.SkyeHorn.com and www.RaeLynnFry.com.  Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast so you can get notified every time we come out with a new episode!

Editing can be an overwhelming experience, but you're not alone! This month we are bringing you our tips for editing your adjectives and adverbs. Find us on Instagram at @SkyeHorn_Author and @RaeLynnFry and our websites www.SkyeHorn.com and www.RaeLynnFry.com. Have questions or suggestions for future episodes? DM us on Instagram or shoot us an email at [email protected]. Resources: https://www.wordclouds.com Happy Editing!

Editing can be an overwhelming experience, so this month we are bringing you our tips for silencing your inner critic and dealing with self-doubt. Find us on Instagram at @SkyeHorn_Author and @RaeLynnFry and our websites www.SkyeHorn.com and www.RaeLynnFry.com. Have questions or suggestions for future episodes? DM us on Instagram or shoot us an email at [email protected]. Happy Editing!

Editing can be an overwhelming experience, so we are bringing you tips to avoid huge rounds of edits after writing your first draft. You can check out some of the resources that we mentioned here: ProWritingAid - https://prowritingaid.com Scrivener - https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview yWriter - http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter.html Find us on Instagram at @SkyeHorn_Author and @RaeLynnFry and our websites www.SkyeHorn.com and www.RaeLynnFry.com. Have questions or suggestions for future episodes? DM us or shoot us an email at [email protected]

Arguably one of the most important steps in your editing process, reading aloud can help you find errors that you wouldn't necessarily catch, otherwise.  Find us on Instagram at @SkyeHorn_Author and @RaeLynnFry and our websites www.SkyeHorn.com and www.RaeLynnFry.com. Have questions or suggestions for future episodes? DM us or shoot us an email at [email protected]

Red Pen edits can look different for everyone. Here is what Rachel and Skye do. Find on Instagram at @SkyeHorn_Author and @RaeLynnFry and our websites www.SkyeHorn.com and www.RaeLynnFry.com.  Don't forget to use the hashtag #EditingTipsies. 

Welcome to Editing Tipsies! For our first episode, we're giving you a brief overview of what to expect from our podcast and chatting a little about what our editing processes look like.  Skye is the author of the best-selling Young Adult Fantasy Romance series, Kingdoms of Faerie. You can find her on Instagram at @SkyeHorn_Author or on her website at www.skyehorn.com. Rachel is the author of the YA Dystopian Corporation Series and writes under the pen name RaeLynn Fry. You can find her on Instagram at @RaeLynnFry or on her website at www.RaeLynnFry.com