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...
by rebecca.monterusso | May 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
In this episode, we dig into the world of Twitter and social media. Then we’ll read the stories we wrote using the prompt Everyman/Popsicle. Rebecca’s Story: The man, who was decidedly not Stuart Kregielman, smiled to himself as he floated around the...
by rebecca.monterusso | May 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Once again, we’re discussing the process we use while writing a story. This time we’re using the prompt: Everyman and a popsicle. During this episode, we’ll discuss all the things we had to think about to get the story on the page. Rebecca’s...
