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On Being a Writer-Editor
Today we’re going to talk about being writer-editors and how being a writer affects your editing life (and how being an editor affects your writing life!).
Topics discussed in this episode:
-On identifying as both writer & editor [06:09]
-Will being a writer intimidate or attract your Ideal Client? [08:31]
-Both the writing and editing communities are so strong because of our love of words; we’re all readers [13:50]
-If you’re a writer, editor, or writer-editor, you need to be a reader first [23:16]
-Do you need to be writing every day to be a writer? [33:53]
-Angela and Jaclyn’s differing reading preferences [49:40]
-You get to choose which books you read, and you get to choose which books you work on professionally [56:22]
-Language informs the way we see and interpret the world, and it’s a vital piece of what makes us editors [01:01:27]
-How does being an editor influence your reading and writing life? [01:03:30]
-Giving and receiving feedback is a skill [01:10:27]
-Play with your own voice (on paper) so that you know the sound of your voice when you accidentally start putting it on the work that you’re editing [01:15:02] Resources mentioned in this episode:
-Purity Coffee; use the link EDITORLIFE to receive 10% off your order [02:32]
-Our producers at Truth Work Media [04:06]
-David Foster Wallace’s The Broom of the System [14:52]
-Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo [15:20]
-Sweet Valley High, Baby-Sitters Club & California Diaries [19:02]
-reMarkable Tablet [41:12]
-The Freewrite and Freewrite Traveler; use THIS LINK for a referral discount [42:46]
-Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine [50:21]
-Outlander (the book by Diana Gabaldon, and the show on Starz) [51:48]
-Paullina Simons’s The Bronze Horseman [52:34]
-Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass [53:05]
-Steven Rowley’s The Editor [54:09]
-Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged [01:07:29]
-Courtney Maum’s Before and After the Book Deal [01:09:39]
-Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World [01:17:11]
Calls-to-action:
Are you interested in establishing or growing a thriving editing business in the Shining and Abundant Land of Ease, Fun, and Satisfaction? Subscribe to future episodes of Editor Life Podcast and rate and review. Send us a message at [email protected] to let us know what you think of the show, to ask us your questions, and to tell us what you’d like to hear discussed on future episodes.
To start building that thriving business, check out DeVoreEditorial.com to purchase and download our Editorial Resources.
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By Jaclyn DeVore and Angela HoustonToday we’re going to talk about being writer-editors and how being a writer affects your editing life (and how being an editor affects your writing life!).
Topics discussed in this episode:
-On identifying as both writer & editor [06:09]
-Will being a writer intimidate or attract your Ideal Client? [08:31]
-Both the writing and editing communities are so strong because of our love of words; we’re all readers [13:50]
-If you’re a writer, editor, or writer-editor, you need to be a reader first [23:16]
-Do you need to be writing every day to be a writer? [33:53]
-Angela and Jaclyn’s differing reading preferences [49:40]
-You get to choose which books you read, and you get to choose which books you work on professionally [56:22]
-Language informs the way we see and interpret the world, and it’s a vital piece of what makes us editors [01:01:27]
-How does being an editor influence your reading and writing life? [01:03:30]
-Giving and receiving feedback is a skill [01:10:27]
-Play with your own voice (on paper) so that you know the sound of your voice when you accidentally start putting it on the work that you’re editing [01:15:02] Resources mentioned in this episode:
-Purity Coffee; use the link EDITORLIFE to receive 10% off your order [02:32]
-Our producers at Truth Work Media [04:06]
-David Foster Wallace’s The Broom of the System [14:52]
-Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo [15:20]
-Sweet Valley High, Baby-Sitters Club & California Diaries [19:02]
-reMarkable Tablet [41:12]
-The Freewrite and Freewrite Traveler; use THIS LINK for a referral discount [42:46]
-Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine [50:21]
-Outlander (the book by Diana Gabaldon, and the show on Starz) [51:48]
-Paullina Simons’s The Bronze Horseman [52:34]
-Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass [53:05]
-Steven Rowley’s The Editor [54:09]
-Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged [01:07:29]
-Courtney Maum’s Before and After the Book Deal [01:09:39]
-Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World [01:17:11]
Calls-to-action:
Are you interested in establishing or growing a thriving editing business in the Shining and Abundant Land of Ease, Fun, and Satisfaction? Subscribe to future episodes of Editor Life Podcast and rate and review. Send us a message at [email protected] to let us know what you think of the show, to ask us your questions, and to tell us what you’d like to hear discussed on future episodes.
To start building that thriving business, check out DeVoreEditorial.com to purchase and download our Editorial Resources.