Hello Siahab and welcome to the group. We are delighted you have joined us.
This is a good place to test your imagination. You might find you have more then you thought you did.
Welcome to the group
Sunny
Want to test your editing ability? I have three raw book length stories in the files, test your skills. Do yourself a favor, before you edit a word, read the whole thing. The skill that is required most, and the most difficult to acquire, is the ability to go with the author's style, not over-editing for grammatical compliance, but knowing what NOT to change. With my work, there is usually a lot that needs spruced up in the way it's told, but most of the facts need to remain since they play into the story later. Sunny is a pretty good editor in her own right, so is Sah, they can give you tips. Sah once did it for a publisher so she really knows her way around it. Take a chapter or two, show me what you can do. They're completely raw, not spell checked or anything, so it would be a good test.
Sia - Toot has a very unique writing style. Once you have read his manuscripts, you'll start to see this. He has definite likes and dislikes, and if having him changes some of these means saving the planet, well we are all in trouble. I have gotten used to his style and like it. It's one of those things that grows on you. He's really good with action.
There is one thing I must warn you about - never, never, never edit any of his work adding semi-colons. Forget the rules - Toot is not a 'rules kind of guy'.
Sunny
Welcome. We need you. What do you mean by expository writing?
Plat - expository writing is written to inform the reader about a particular subject. The writer must assume the reader has little or no knowledge of the subject and writes in a clear, precise manner the facts. Unlike creative writing, it isn't imaginative - but it needs to be written in an interesting way, not just simply stating facts about the subject.
Welcome, siahab! So nice to have you join the group. If you're looking for a place to hone your skills, you've found it. Here's looking forward to your expertise.
Julie
Welcome Siahab,
It is very nice to meet you!
That's nice that you're joioning the group. You will find a lot of very good writers here and willing to give you a hand and as tootal says you can start with his draft and see what happens. Great to have you aboard. Zochitl
Expository writing is about true subjects, a "Just the facts, Mam" style. The kind of thing you go to for information, not fun reading, for the most part. Often biographies are written in that style. Quality news stories are more or less that style, though they seldom go as deep. An article on some scientific advance, written for readers that don't have a scientific background would be one example.
Welcome siahab to Writers Web. We look forward to your writing and critique of ours.
