"First Draft to Best Draft: Revising Like a Professional" with Katherine Catmull

Congratulations on that completed draft! Now it’s time to revise—but you don’t even know how to start. Come learn what professional writers and editors know about turning a first draft into a polished, submittable manuscript. No matter what shape your draft is in, these techniques will help make your draft its best self. This class is filled with actual down-on-the-ground advice about how to revise in the most efficient, effective way, including

• The right revision style for you
• The key: revising in passes
• Checking for consistent POV
• Writing “in-scene”
• That crucial final read, and much more.

Whether you’re a writer who zipped through your first draft, thinking “I’ll fix it later”—or someone who went over and over each chapter, trying to get it “right” (but it’s still not right)—this class can help.