Live Editing #4 with Editor Tom Bromley | Reedsy Live

In this Summer special, Reedsy’s Tom Bromley will edit viewer-submitted samples live on air.
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[@tararama]

I took notes during the LIVE event.
12:26 Sci-Fi
- Good, gripping start
- World building - start with a specific detail and flesh it out from there
- Check the sound and rhythm of sentences
- Setting: we know the time, ground them in location (stay in one location), grounding them with setting helps in world building
- Keep pace of paragraphs by strong starts and endings
- Clearer on what the character can see (1st person)
- Build tension in scene, elevate to the end
26:50 Cosy Crime
- Dialogue heavy which creates a different rhythm
- Good sense of characters (3 characters in the scene)
- Verbs make a difference: choose ones that feel active and are specific
- Humour: punchlines may need a pause, humour can come through setting and characters.
- A little bit more of setting to ground reader
- Middle section: check for information dump
- Good use of body language to express emotion
41:00 Romance Fantasy
- Great first line (gives a sense of character)
- Opening paragraph grounds the character right away
- Clear up information about ‘two courts’, can be done in one line for first time readers
- Weave in the information rather than an info paragraph
- Swear words, colloquial language can sometimes take the reader out of story
- Movement in verbs for description
- Use specifics, avoid vague descriptions
- Too many one sentence paragraphs, use for emphasis
- Shorter sentences increases pace
- Bring emotion
55:20 Women’s Fiction
- Good sense of protagonist and character (voice)
- Rhythm: ‘so long as it’s strong’ (first line) - check where words land when reading out loud.
- Check how much information is dumped

[@OllieOllieOxenfr33]

Appreciate these notes 🙏🏼

[@someonesalter-ego7844]

thank you !! :)

[@antonystanton7100]

Excellent. Lots of great advice, Tom is extremely knowledgeable, and I love the humour between the two of you. Move over Morcombe and Wise… Always a pleasure to watch these episodes. More, please…

[@heatherbyrne7933]

Wow thank you so much Tom Bromley and Reedsy, that was so useful and has really helped 😊

[@johnparnham5945]

I was at the self publishing show but I didn't see you. I'm sure you'll agree,it was a great event.

[@dianerau9673]

Diane Rau Elkton, MD