by rebecca.monterusso | May 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Editor Julia Blair walks Rebecca through what’s working and what she can change about a short story she wrote. Julia helps Rebecca tighten the story and they dive into their own writing processes to compare. Before she became a Story Grid Editor, Julia Blair...
by rebecca.monterusso | May 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Editor Shelley Sperry talks Rebecca through the process of writing a memoir and everything holding her back from getting her writing done. Together they discuss how to keep writing and when a story should be a memoir vs how to vs big idea. Shelley Sperry runs a...
by rebecca.monterusso | May 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Editor Lori Puma talks about everything you should think about before you start writing a single word. She focuses on helping writers build a career, make money, and improve their skills. And in this episode, she tells Rebecca about how to craft better pitches so that...
by rebecca.monterusso | May 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
This season you’ll hear from a variety of editors who look at various aspects of different types of stories. I love writing everything from horror to love, screenplay to short story, essay to micro-fiction. And my goals are to eventually make a living as a writer...
by rebecca.monterusso | May 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
We’ve written the first draft of a story using the prompt Everyman/Popsicle. How can we edit the story, improve it, and what can you learn from this process? Rebecca’s Notes: There are minor things I’d research when editing this story: where engine rooms...
