The Muffin | Cathy C. Hall Writes

When I signed up for the workshop sessions I wanted to attend at the SCBWI WIK’14 conference, the first one I pounced on was “Revision Strategies For Your Rough Draft.”

Granted, I noticed that Courtney Miller-Callihan was leading that session and as agents go, she was one I’d been wanting to meet. BUT that was just an added bonus. Because I am always on the lookout for revision tips and strategies. Mostly because I am always in the throes of one revision or another.

I don’t think I’m that unusual, as writers go. I churn out words pretty quickly, whether it’s a blog post, an article, a story, or even a novel. (Okay, okay. The novels take a bit longer, but comparatively speaking, I get ‘er done in a mostly timely manner.) But the rewrites? The revisions?

It’s a lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ng process. (Well, maybe not the blog posts…)

Anyway, for me, writing is really about the rewriting. So any technique I can find that might help in that department is golden in my book. And I heard one from Courtney that was quite sparkly so I shared it in my Muffin post today: Revision Strategies (You’ll Thank Me Later).

If you’re doing NaNo, you’re going to need revision.

Or maybe you’re still revising a NaNo manuscript from *cough, cough*.

The point is, you can never have enough great revision strategies. So if you have one, how about sharing?

I’ve been thinking a lot about Twitter lately.

Unfortunately, thinking about Twitter doesn’t quite cut it. So I add a note every day to my Things To Do List: MM. And no, it’s not a reference to that delicious chocolate-y treat AKA my reward for working hard.

So, MM. It’s Mindful Marketing, and it forces me to think not so much about Twitter as to what I’m putting out there on Twitter. It reminds me that Twitter can be a powerful force for engaging readers, writers, and friends.

The key word being engaging. You can read more about how I engage on Twitter–and what drives me crazy on Twitter–over at The Muffin with my post, “Making the Most of Your Mini-Marketing (Or a Tweet is a Terrible Thing to Waste.”

And I hope you’ll share your best mini-marketing advice here or there. Because you have to do more than phone in your tweets if you want to make connections on Twitter (or get a delicious chocolate-y treat).