Pikes Peak Writers Conference Recaps

Today, I’m hitting a potpourri of recaps from the Pikes Peak Writers Conference.

First, on editing, from a workshop given by Tiffany Yates Martin

You need objectivity. Step back if possible. Wear your reader hat. Make only brief notes. Look at the big issues – Macroediting. Maintain your objectivity. Look at smaller issues – Microediting Do line editing.

She also spoke of watching out for underdeveloped plot, or plot, but no story.
Plot, she said, is the events in the story and how your cha...