Writing Style

L6

My writing style will be neutral and casual.

My role as an author. I think I'll be there in a subtle fashion, showing up occasionally but taking a backseat to the info I want to present. I plan to balance pure information with my experiences. I want the content to take the lead. I'll use "I" occasionally but the book will be mostly written in 3rd person.

Inserting Facts. There is a lot of overlap on facts between art books. I think I need to organize and winnow the facts to make them interesting and pertinent for a beginning painter.

Right now I'm not going to use interviews. I think I will save that for a future book. However, I am going to start interviewing now and posting the interview on our art blog so that I compile the results easier later.

I wonder if there is an editing class?

Assignment.

Imaginary reader's response to my proposed book.
I think the tone will appeal to the reader. I think a little humor would help along with pictures to illustrate points. I think a relevant quote by an artist at the beginning of each chapter would be appealing.

My style will be natural or neutral which won't deliberately convey any particular stance or emotion because I'm a beginning writer.

I think a minor 1st presence involvement of myself will reassure the reader that I have sufficient experience to write about this subject.
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by: your instructor 7/14/13
Kat, this link provides ed2go's Editing and Publishing courses. http://www.ed2go.com/landing-pages/pages/editing-and-publishing-courses.php.html
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Writing challenges
by: your instructor
"No matter who we are, improving our writing is a lifelong process. How would you like to improve your writing? Come up with a list of concrete steps that will help you get there!"

I think I'm an OK writer but of course practice will make me improve. I used to write procedure manuals and reports of test results in my previous life. Now I just journal, write emails and blog posts. I want to write at least 1 book.

How would I like to improve my writing? I would like to write longer pieces or figure out a way to organize shorter pieces that I've written into a longer book. So that means setting aside time each week and not letting anything or anyone steal it from me. I am very project based. Projects come up with tight deadlines where I have to drop everything to get the project done. I'm working on setting aside 5am - 6am, Monday - Thursday for this book. Hopefully I can bump it up to 2 hours.