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Kris Ashton
Dec 14, 20153 min read
The fundamentalist editor: a disapproval
Trawl through my blog posts and you’ll see I’m very much in favour of editors and the criticism they offer. Because my life is almost...
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Kris Ashton
Aug 12, 20153 min read
Overcoming ‘rewrite phobia’
Yesterday I finished rewriting a short story I first ‘completed’ more than seven years ago. The initial idea, which I won’t relate here,...
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Kris Ashton
Apr 2, 20143 min read
Did I kill an author with kindness?
The novice writer who is trying to get published is prone to developing a persecution complex. I know I did. After all, I had spent my...
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Kris Ashton
Mar 11, 20142 min read
Edited by lesser men
My first boss in publishing once said something that I have subscribed to ever since: “Everybody needs an editor. Especially the editor.”...
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Kris Ashton
Jan 24, 20144 min read
The musicality of language
Journalism is one of the few remaining careers where a qualification isn’t the be all and end all; even if you don’t have a Bachelor of...
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Kris Ashton
Nov 3, 20133 min read
Editing from an ivory tower
The wisest minds in the writing world will tell you how important it is to get a third party perspective on your story when it comes time...
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