Writing and Editing

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Wayne provides a list of 11 things that, as an editor, he commonly sees in the writing by his clients. How many do you know?

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Wayne talks about blocks, sentences, and transitions.

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Wayne receives an assignment from NATO and the EU to write a communiqué tomorrow about the war in Ukraine.

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Wayne talks about lying in in writing, in film, and in real life.

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As they say, it's like it says on the tin: Wayne discusses and gives some examples of some of the basic reference works (dictionaries and much more) that any writer should have handy.

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Wayne uses examples from fiction and from film to talk about the 4 (or 5) different ways in which sex scenes are done:

• Clinical
• Euphemistic
• Vernacular
• Literary
• (Evasive)

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Wayne interviews and chats with his friend Mel Simoneau, who's written and published both poetry and non-fiction, about the similarities and differences between the mindsets and methods in writing them both.

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Wayne analyzes the writing in the speech that Vladimir Putin gave on Russian television before the invasion of Ukraine. There are similarities in the rhetoric to speeches given in the past by Western leaders. Along the way, George Carlin and Jonathan Swift are invoked to bring some sense to everything.

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Wayne discusses why and how editors keep all aspects of their clients' work consistent. One of the main tools in this effort is the "style sheet."

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Wayne talks about his valuing the style and the how of fiction (and film), and along the way has some comments on non-fiction, editing, the Talking Heads, and figure skating.