Benjamin Roesch

Tag: editing

  • Post #122: Andrea Barrett

    A recent book that blew my mind was Andrea Barrett’s collection of stories called Servants of the Map. It was one of those books that, while reading, I could feel burrowing into my writer’s subconscious, re-arranging the wiring for what’s possible and what I want to be able to do…

  • Post #110: The Beginning of the End (I hope)

    Dear Charles, Today, I begin what I hope will be the final stage in the editing and re-writing of my novel in progress Returning. That is, until I decide I need to, or am asked to, re-write it again. The summer has seen far more massive structural and character changes to…

  • Post #59: False Finish Lines

    Dear Charles, My writing goal for the summer was to finish the rough draft of my new novel Returning, and I’m happy to say that a few days ago, I did just that.  Hit the “final” key stroke on a book that, at this point, is 715 pages (222,500 words)…