How to Line Edit a Short Story! | Line Editing Your Work #2

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  • @writeitdown2013
    @writeitdown2013 3 роки тому +65

    This is great timing. I just had one of those mornings where I drink some coffee and get a cool idea for a short story. Love seeing your editing process. Hope everyone has a great writing or non-writing weekend

  • @huiajackson2040
    @huiajackson2040 3 роки тому +69

    "I love all line editing concepts equally"
    (earlier that day)
    "I don't care for proofreading"

  • @AP-cl1ks
    @AP-cl1ks 3 роки тому +28

    The part where she's editing the short story with Covid content, the one where the guy just turned 40 and had just found his first gray hair, made me snicker a little. It reminded me of a post on Insta that i found where this teacher took pictures of the kids in her class writing about what it felt to be forty years old. I think one kid wrote something around the lines of, "I am 40. I am old and tired, and i use a cane and cannot walk up hills" something around those lines. Lol

  • @MrFright2010
    @MrFright2010 3 роки тому +36

    I do love the thumbnail typo, because if there is a video where it can exist, it is this.

    • @ShaelinWrites
      @ShaelinWrites  3 роки тому +28

      really revealing the fact that although I just made a 31 minute video on line editing, I am actually *deeply* terrible at proofreading and never spot typos

  • @nathanlongs
    @nathanlongs 3 роки тому +31

    I feel like I learn so much watching you edit. This really inspires me to step-up my verbs when I write ✨

  • @sumayyahkhan8897
    @sumayyahkhan8897 3 роки тому +115

    I wrote my first short story. WOOHOO. been with shailen since 9 years old. Now I'm 12. Lol

    • @ShaelinWrites
      @ShaelinWrites  3 роки тому +44

      Congrats!! That's a huge accomplishment!

    • @sobble821
      @sobble821 2 роки тому +2

      Yoo I'm 13! Going to start my first novel for NaNoWriMo, wish me luck!

    • @sumayyahkhan8897
      @sumayyahkhan8897 2 роки тому +1

      @@sobble821 good luck!! I'm literally turning 14 in a few days

    • @sobble821
      @sobble821 2 роки тому +2

      @@sumayyahkhan8897 Whaat I'm turning 14 in a month or so!

    • @sumayyahkhan8897
      @sumayyahkhan8897 2 роки тому +1

      @@sobble821 omg really!! Bestie! Jk🤣

  • @w.c.4
    @w.c.4 3 роки тому +24

    Watching this as I proofread my novel excerpt for workshop. Having someone actively commenting on writing as you look over your own gives so many great tips on how to look at things objectively! You always come out with a video right when I'm in need; thanks again, Shae!

    • @ShaelinWrites
      @ShaelinWrites  3 роки тому +5

      So happy it helped! Good luck with your workshop!

  • @imaginativebibliophile549
    @imaginativebibliophile549 3 роки тому +5

    Shaelin, I enjoyed watching you edit these short stories and excerpts. I learned so much about how we can use prose as a tool to enhance the story. I loved the flash fiction story especially and I hope it gets published one day. I am currently writing a short story that I began yesterday. I love you

  • @cjpreach
    @cjpreach 3 роки тому +8

    Shaelin - Your edits are interesting. I love how you freshen up the sentences. Thanks for this video.

  • @charlesc.r.9324
    @charlesc.r.9324 3 роки тому +51

    omg im the one who sent in tree house girls holy shit

    • @sumayyahkhan8897
      @sumayyahkhan8897 3 роки тому +6

      😀

    • @ShaelinWrites
      @ShaelinWrites  3 роки тому +16

      Ohhh thank you so much for sending in your work!! I loved reading it!

    • @smc_loves_cats
      @smc_loves_cats 3 роки тому +2

      I liked it alot :)

    • @sumayyahkhan8897
      @sumayyahkhan8897 3 роки тому +1

      @Weston Mauricio EVERYONE EVERYWHERE IS REQUESTING ME FLIXZONE WHYYY.. are the movies and series free. Is it ALL movies and series

    • @obsessedwithart231
      @obsessedwithart231 3 роки тому

      Great job!

  • @chalexmoretz
    @chalexmoretz Рік тому

    I would absolutely love if you started up this series again so much, it's helping me immensely with learning how I might line edit my current manuscript!

  • @reverie927
    @reverie927 3 роки тому +2

    I was waiting for this!! I'm so happy you made another line editing video! Amazing advices slip through all the time. :)

  • @th3logician
    @th3logician Рік тому +1

    Please do more of these!!

  • @Cornbreadcooking
    @Cornbreadcooking 3 роки тому +3

    I love these line exiting videos! I've been using your tips in my novel! Please make more!

  • @byronr9119
    @byronr9119 2 роки тому

    Can’t get enough of these line editing videos.

  • @lembotron
    @lembotron 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you for these line editing videos, they really get me in the headspace for a good writing session :)

  • @katiehettinger7857
    @katiehettinger7857 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you, your edits added depth without massive verbiage. 🤗♥️

  • @danieltenny817
    @danieltenny817 3 роки тому +1

    These videos are so great. I love this section of your channel

  • @nitesky5815
    @nitesky5815 Рік тому

    That was amazing!!!!! I love watching you edit ❤❤❤

  • @thatshowiroll1952
    @thatshowiroll1952 3 роки тому +2

    This is incredible helpful. Thank you 💗

  • @billyalarie929
    @billyalarie929 3 роки тому +1

    i need this in my life right now thank you so much

    • @billyalarie929
      @billyalarie929 3 роки тому

      also the sound of you typing is e v e r y t h i n g

  • @shadowofmyste
    @shadowofmyste 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much, this is so useful!! Please create another one---I'm even considering sending one of mine in! 😀

  • @KristySchnabel
    @KristySchnabel 9 місяців тому

    Wow, this is a valuable teaching video. Thank you! (Keeping an eye out for how to improve dialogue--my Achilles heel)

  • @BlackHermit
    @BlackHermit 2 роки тому +1

    The "rule" about dashes at 4:37 doesn't hold for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and I like to keep this book as my guiding light for formatting. But I would still like to know where that rule came from! :)

  • @kurtisscriba2137
    @kurtisscriba2137 3 роки тому +2

    I love this video concept ❤️

  • @joshuaisaac99
    @joshuaisaac99 3 роки тому

    Love this; always here for this.

  • @kinu7566
    @kinu7566 3 роки тому +4

    30 minutes of surgery and describe-as-I-dissect, with such tact and dexterity? Curious what's in that mug. Thanks so much for what you do.

  • @ScullyPop
    @ScullyPop 3 роки тому +1

    I love this book content.

  • @ooglemonster
    @ooglemonster 3 роки тому

    I also find editing soothing.

  • @loserswritingbooks6337
    @loserswritingbooks6337 3 роки тому

    love this - thanks!!

  • @charvandoorn8423
    @charvandoorn8423 3 роки тому +1

    hi! love your videos, I was wondering if you have some advice on different sentence structures, because I often feel like my writing gets repetitive with the noun+verb+other details every single time. thank you so much for this video :)

  • @shamusobi2748
    @shamusobi2748 3 роки тому +2

    I would really like to take a course in grammar and copy-editing...would you recommend self-learning through books, or an online program...? Any recommendations?

  • @maryaRa2
    @maryaRa2 3 роки тому

    This is so cool! Love your videos! I'm learning so much! I'm not native english, so writing is even more of a challenge. Can you recommend resources you used to learn how to line edit? Thank you!

  • @vCoralSandsv
    @vCoralSandsv 3 роки тому +1

    Very helpful! Thx!

  • @kulsoomahsan4440
    @kulsoomahsan4440 3 роки тому +1

    What makes a short story scene different from a novel scene? I always feel like short story writing is an enigma.

  • @martybadin6127
    @martybadin6127 3 роки тому

    "Then" is used instead of "so" etcétera. Is a word to express something is MORE IMPORTANT than some other thing that happend before on the story...

  • @xensonar9652
    @xensonar9652 3 роки тому

    At 6:21 what did you mean by 'familiar'?

    • @ShaelinWrites
      @ShaelinWrites  3 роки тому +1

      Familiar means it's a common phrase that might be cliche or just something that's been seen before.

    • @xensonar9652
      @xensonar9652 3 роки тому

      @@ShaelinWrites Ah, I figured it might be, just wasn't sure. Thanks for the response.

  • @klaramorvai8217
    @klaramorvai8217 8 місяців тому

    I still remember the time

  • @stephanieblair
    @stephanieblair Рік тому

    I feel like you could do these line edit videos as ASMR.

  • @yurilookingforhisvictor7674
    @yurilookingforhisvictor7674 3 роки тому

    Will you make another line editing video?

    • @ShaelinWrites
      @ShaelinWrites  3 роки тому +2

      Yes! They just take a long time to edit, and I've been a bit swamped with work so haven't had the time, but I do plan to make more!

    • @yurilookingforhisvictor7674
      @yurilookingforhisvictor7674 3 роки тому

      @@ShaelinWrites oh wow, you took the time to respond, that's awesome. I've been watching writing videos all the time now and listening to them at work. They are helping me on my BL (gay) romance novel.

    • @yurilookingforhisvictor7674
      @yurilookingforhisvictor7674 3 роки тому

      @@ShaelinWrites I'd love to have a section of mine edited publicly, but it starts off a bit risqué. Not graphic, but still, ha.

  • @nesser52
    @nesser52 3 роки тому

    Wai, where else do I follow you for future editing requests?

  • @lakeshagadson357
    @lakeshagadson357 2 роки тому

    i want you to show me how to write a scrip

  • @mackfam9798
    @mackfam9798 3 роки тому

    this was good

  • @starriw-l2f
    @starriw-l2f Рік тому

    @/Shaelin for the story about Amber and scary story stuff, I think the first-person view is a thought. Maybe italize it will be a better suggestion...? :)

  • @pkij140
    @pkij140 3 роки тому +1

    15:04 I assumed Amber was speaking .

  • @luxomoore6711
    @luxomoore6711 Рік тому

    What software is this?

  • @uglyluffy7815
    @uglyluffy7815 2 роки тому

    What application are you using?

    • @ShaelinWrites
      @ShaelinWrites  2 роки тому

      it's just microsoft word!

    • @uglyluffy7815
      @uglyluffy7815 2 роки тому

      @@ShaelinWrites Wow, it look so fancy. How do I access the line-editing functionality of word?

    • @ShaelinWrites
      @ShaelinWrites  2 роки тому

      @@uglyluffy7815 you just turn on track changes! google docs (and most other word processors) have the same feature

  • @timknight4816
    @timknight4816 3 роки тому

    How do we send in a piece for a line edit consideration?

    • @ShaelinWrites
      @ShaelinWrites  3 роки тому

      Sorry, I'm not able to take anymore at the moment! I did a call on my youtube community page a few months ago, but go enough submissions to do ten of these videos so I'm just working with those submissions for now.

  • @meowingmeowington5163
    @meowingmeowington5163 3 роки тому

    Yesssssss

  • @sapphirestone5136
    @sapphirestone5136 3 роки тому

    Hey, can I send a small short story for line editing? You can obviously get to it when you want to, if you even want to get to it.😅

  • @thesamuraiman
    @thesamuraiman 3 роки тому

    💜

  • @maxiapalucci2511
    @maxiapalucci2511 3 роки тому

    Do you edit professionally ?

    • @ShaelinWrites
      @ShaelinWrites  3 роки тому

      Not at the moment, but maybe someday!

    • @maxiapalucci2511
      @maxiapalucci2511 3 роки тому +5

      @@ShaelinWrites well you’re so helpful! Abby Emmons crushes my confidence and Jenna moreci is less focused on pros and style. You’re the best

    • @maxiapalucci2511
      @maxiapalucci2511 3 роки тому

      @@ShaelinWrites btw can I read honey vinegar anywhere?

    • @ShaelinWrites
      @ShaelinWrites  3 роки тому +1

      it's still in the editing phase so not yet, but hopefully someday when it's published!

  • @rajashekharnarayan4717
    @rajashekharnarayan4717 3 роки тому

    Hi Shaelin

  • @dn-anonymous
    @dn-anonymous 3 роки тому

    Do you do paid editing, or just freebies for the sake of content? Either way, I'm curious if you have info on this.

    • @ShaelinWrites
      @ShaelinWrites  3 роки тому +1

      Not currently, but it's something I might set-up in the next couple of months!

    • @dn-anonymous
      @dn-anonymous 3 роки тому

      @@ShaelinWrites haha! ;) you can do everything except copyedit ;);) That should be "set up" not "set-up". Second one is a noun. And you love verbs so much!

  • @michaelbjrklund9304
    @michaelbjrklund9304 Рік тому

    POst edit.. "she laid her head in lap as...."?

  • @rev6215
    @rev6215 3 роки тому +5

    First! I have no life 😃

    • @sumayyahkhan8897
      @sumayyahkhan8897 3 роки тому +6

      URGGHHH you again I always try to beat you. My internet stopped me from being first

    • @rev6215
      @rev6215 3 роки тому +4

      @@sumayyahkhan8897 Ah! I have a nemesis

    • @sumayyahkhan8897
      @sumayyahkhan8897 3 роки тому +4

      @@rev6215 watch out!I'm coming for you 😂

    • @billyalarie929
      @billyalarie929 3 роки тому +2

      this is THRILLING

    • @rev6215
      @rev6215 3 роки тому +2

      @@sumayyahkhan8897 Our battle will be legendary 😃👍

  • @abhishekbiswas2267
    @abhishekbiswas2267 3 роки тому +2

    Nice hair cut, though I like the earlier videos because of the longer hair 😊

  • @pandeyabhioficial8060
    @pandeyabhioficial8060 3 роки тому

    Sister you look Beautiful in long hair, this is in my point of view. 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

  • @britbrat4559
    @britbrat4559 3 роки тому

    Lost me at the politics..loved it until then.

    • @ShaelinWrites
      @ShaelinWrites  3 роки тому +28

      I am so intrigued by how I lost you with the politics in a video entirely about line editing and not at all about politics

    • @gcwishbone
      @gcwishbone 3 роки тому +5

      @@ShaelinWrites cuz hes triggered that donald lost