August 27, 2024 • 17 mins
Your book is important. But sometimes, worthy interruptions will delay it for a while.
For the last few months, this podcast feed has been quiet. It went dark with no notice in mid-June.
I didn’t mean to disappear on you. In fact, I didn’t plan to pause the podcast at all.
But a family emergency struck, and all my best-laid plans for summer 2024 changed in a matter of hours.
This summer, I learned what it takes to edit when your world is in crisis.
Happily, for me and my family, the crisis is over. But emergencies are bound to happen to everyone at some point.
And so in today’s episode, I’m sharing my best advice for you and your editing should a crisis come to you.
In it, you’ll hear:
- What in the world happened to the podcast (and me) this summer,
- 5 tips for editing when you’re in crisis mode,
- And what you’ll hear on Your Next Draft this fall.
I hope you don’t need these tips for a long time. But if you do find your world falling apart around you, I hope these tips help you find a way forward for your story and yourself.
Links mentioned in the episode:
- When the crisis hit, I couldn’t keep up with the podcast, but I did share updates with my email newsletter subscribers. Want to get all the episodes of Your Next Draft, plus editing tips that you won’t hear on the podcast? Subscribe to my newsletter: alicesudlow.com/sceneworksheet
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(00:00):
Your story can be a refreshingescape from the chaos in your
(00:03):
life and in the world.
So if you need something tofocus on, that is not the
emergency that you're facing.
Give yourself the gift of timespent working on your story.
(00:48):
Welcome back to your next draft.
It has been a while.
Hasn't it?
For a year and a half, you gotnew episodes of your next draft
on a consistent schedule.
I never missed a single episode.
And that is something that I amvery proud of.
And then suddenly in June.
Everything went dark, nowarning, no explanation.
(01:09):
Just no new episodes in yourfeed for two months.
Well, it is August now and I amback.
I am so excited to have anotherbrand new episode of your next
draft for you today.
And in this first episode back.
I want to share a bit of behindthe scenes about why the podcast
disappeared for a while.
(01:29):
I want to share some tips that Ilearned this summer about how to
edit your novel when disasterstrikes.
And I want to tell you what'scoming next for your next draft
and how you can make sure thatyou don't miss a thing.
So let's get straight to it.
Starting with.
Where have I been for the lasttwo months?
In early June, I was rocking androlling.
(01:50):
I had so much momentum in myediting and my business.
I was putting out podcastepisodes, right on schedule and
behind the scenes, I wasbuilding a lot of new things
that I was really excited about.
Then in mid June.
A crisis hit.
Someone in my family suddenlygot very, very sick while on
vacation in Canada.
(02:10):
I dropped everything.
Rush renewed.
My passport, flew to Canada andmoved into a hotel to support
them.
For a long time, we had no ideahow things were going to go.
It was really scary.
I had no idea when I left home,how long I would be gone.
And I ended up spending nearlytwo months in Canada that whole
(02:30):
time we were in crisis mode.
And my number one priority wassupporting my family.
I kept essential operationsrunning in my business, but
pretty much nothing more.
I sent a handful of emailnewsletters, but I could not
manage to create a podcastepisode.
I had big visions of doing so atseveral points and they never
panned out.
It was a very, very scary time.
(02:53):
I would not recommend spendingyour summer like this.
There are so many more pleasantways to go to Canada.
Thankfully.
By early August, things startedcalming down.
My family member's health turneda corner for the better, and we
finally got to move out of thathotel room, leave Canada and
come home.
My family and I have a long roadof healing and recovery ahead.
(03:16):
But I am so grateful.
But the emergency is over theworst outcomes that we feared
were avoided.
And we are now on that path ofrecovery.
And for me.
Part of that recovery includesregaining all of that momentum
that I had in my editing wayback in early June, it means
creating new episodes to sharewith you here on the podcast.
(03:38):
It means that I am back back atmy desk, back to my editing back
on this mic.
And I am so excited to be back.
I still love editing you guys.
So that's where I've been andwhy you haven't heard from me in
awhile.
I wanted to take a moment toshare that because I think the
part of the beauty of workingwith an editor and of listening
to podcasts is that you build uprelationships with other
(04:01):
creative people.
And it just really didn't feelright to me to jump right back
in with practical editingadvice.
Without acknowledging that youhaven't heard from me for a
while.
And this was a reallychallenging summer for me.
That said, I do want to sharesome practical editing tips here
in this episode.
So that's what we'll talk aboutnext.
What I learned this summer thatyou can apply to your own
(04:23):
editing now.
I learned a lot this summer.
So much of it is not the topicof this podcast.
You do not need to know all ofthe things that I learned about
emergency passport, renewal orventilators or coordinating
international medicaltransportation.
I learned.
A lot of things.
But what I do want to share iswhat I learned about editing
(04:44):
during an emergency, Because Ihad to figure it out.
I was in the middle of a crisisand I had to figure out what am
I going to do in my editing?
And it, my job for the durationof this crisis, however long,
this lasts.
I hope that you do not needthese tips right now.
I hope you don't need them for along, long time.
(05:05):
I hope you never need them.
But if a crisis hits, I hopethat these tips give you
something helpful to work with.
As you figure out how you'reediting intersects within
emergency.
And how to keep moving during acrisis.
So.
Here are my top five tips forediting your novel when disaster
(05:26):
strikes.
The first tip is.
Don't.
Truly.
Don't edit.
Give yourself grace to pauseyour editing and take a break
from it.
Uh, crisis demands a lot fromyou.
It is so, so drainingphysically, mentally,
emotionally, It is exhausting.
(05:48):
It is very possible.
Maybe even probable that youjust won't have capacity to edit
anymore.
And that is perfectly okay.
Direct your creative energytowards addressing the disaster
towards your own immediate needsand towards the needs of the
people closest to you.
Give yourself permission.
To put your editing down.
(06:08):
The next tip is find theactivities that feel restorative
for you and the activities thatyou have access to.
For me consuming content was somuch easier than creating
content.
I could read books andnewsletters and I could listen
to podcasts and audio books, butI found it really difficult to
write newsletters or to recordpodcast episodes.
(06:31):
So I downloaded some fluffylighthearted podcasts and audio
books, and I listened to those.
Maybe you'll also find thatconsuming content is easier than
creating, or maybe you'll findthat you need a different
activity altogether.
Whatever it is that you haveaccess to, that feels easy and
fun and restorative.
Do that.
The third tip is to notice yourexperience.
(06:55):
When you're in crisis, you'reprobably living through
something that you would neverhave chosen.
If you could've picked fromevery option in the world.
And I wish that no one ever hadto go through it.
That said, and I want to besuper clear here.
This is not like the bright sideof crisis or anything.
This is not trying to say the,the good, the positive that
comes out of crisis.
(07:15):
This is just acknowledging.
Another thing that is also trueabout crisis.
Your experience of crisis canincrease your empathy for other
people who experienced similarthings.
Whether those people arecharacters in your stories or
humans that you know, in reallife.
I'm sure that you've heard thatwriting advice that says write
what, you know, when you're incrisis, you're likely expanding
(07:38):
what you know, and can writeabout.
You're learning about theliteral external experience of
that crisis.
Like I said, I know a lot aboutventilators now, but more than
that, you're learning about theinternal reality, what it feels
like emotionally as a humanbeing to experience this.
And that is really the heart ofwriting.
What, you know, writing aboutthe emotional truths that you
(08:00):
know, and can speak to.
This summer, I found it helpfulto simply pay attention.
And the deserve what I wasexperiencing.
On the worst days when I couldbarely stand through fear and
grief.
I remember thinking.
Oh, this is what people meanwhen they say their knees went
weak.
A bonus tip here is thatjournaling can be a great outlet
(08:21):
for this, a way to both recordand process what you're
experiencing.
Okay.
So this fourth tip is for you.
If you just really, really wantto touch the pages of your
manuscript and you have decidedto ignore tips one and two,
where I tell you that it is okayto put your editing aside.
Here's the tip.
If you are determined to edit.
(08:43):
Break the big project of editingdown into its simplest smallest
parts.
What is the littlest tiniestpiece of editing than it is
possible for you to do?
Maybe the littlest task is toedit when seen.
Maybe that task is still toobig.
Maybe a smaller task is to thinkabout what the scene is really
(09:04):
about.
Or to list some things thatchange in the scene, or to look
for a place where your charactermakes a decision in that scene.
Break the editing down intoteeny tiny parts, because little
tasks are so much easier andmore accessible to do than a big
overwhelming project.
I will note here that you mightfind that it's actually really
(09:26):
helpful it's for you to editwhile you're in crisis.
Your story and the act ofworking on a project that has
nothing to do with the problemsin your life.
Can be an escape.
Uh, sort of mental vacation.
When I was in crisis at first, Icouldn't figure out how to do
any work at all.
I had to break my work and myediting down into the tiniest
(09:48):
possible tasks and then aim todo just one task a day.
But a few weeks in, I was reallygrateful to have something
normal and fun and comparativelylow stakes to work on.
Work thin started to feel like avacation from reality.
And that's something that I hearconsistently from the writers
that I work with too.
(10:08):
Your story can be a refreshingescape from the chaos in your
life and in the world.
So if you need something tofocus on, that is not the
emergency that you're facing.
Give yourself the gift of timespent working on your story.
And after all that, my fifthediting tip.
Is the same as my first.
(10:30):
Don't edit.
Really.
Truly.
It is.
Okay.
Not to edit.
While you were in crisis.
Focus on your needs and theneeds of the people around you.
No, that your story isimportant.
It matters.
It is a meaningful project thatis worthy of your time and
(10:50):
attention.
And sometimes we're, theinterruptions will delay it for
a while.
Other aspects of your life arealso important And it is okay to
set your story aside for awhileso that another meaningful
project can take priority.
Nothing will break in the world.
If you pause your editing, Ipromise.
(11:11):
So.
Consider this your permissionslip to set your story down when
you need to, your novel will bewaiting patiently, ready to
welcome you back whenever you'reable to return to it.
And there you have it.
My five tips for how to edityour novel.
When a crisis hits.
Here they are again.
One don't edit.
(11:32):
It's okay.
Focus on the crisis and yourmost immediate needs.
Too.
Find the activities that restoreyou and do those, you might find
it easier to consume contentrather than create content.
So find the content you canenjoy and engage with it.
Three.
Notice your experience, both forthe sake of writing, what you
(11:55):
know, and for the sake of yourown processing.
For, if you really want to edit,break your editing down into the
tiniest tasks possible.
And enjoy the project as anescape from your regular life.
Five.
Don't edit.
Really and truly give yourselfpermission to step away from
(12:15):
your book for as long as youneed It will be waiting for you
when you're ready to come back.
I hope that you are a long wayoff from any circumstance that
would lead you to need thesetips.
But the reality is thatemergencies come to all of us
sooner or later.
It's the price of being human.
The price of being alive.
So when you need to, it is okayto set your editing aside and
(12:40):
focus on another worthy projectfor awhile.
And your story will be waitingfor you whenever you're ready to
return.
And on that note, let's talkabout the return of the Euronext
draft podcast and what I've gotcoming for you in the next few
months.
First up.
I want to give you a heads up.
New episodes on your next draftmight be on an inconsistent
(13:02):
schedule through the end of2024.
I'm back in my building mode.
Busy creating new editingresources and ways to work with
me.
And while I'm putting a lot ofenergy towards that future
building.
I might not have an episode outevery other week throughout the
end of the year.
I do plan to be back on thatconsistent biweekly schedule by
2025 though.
(13:22):
So think of this episode as asoft launch of restarting the
podcast ramping up for all ofthe editing.
Goodness.
Coming down the line.
Now what is back on its regularschedule is my email newsletter.
I send out an email newsletterevery Tuesday in it.
I share the latest podcastepisodes from your next draft,
but I also share editing tipsthat you won't hear here on the
(13:44):
podcast.
Plus when the crisis hit inJune, I did not have the
capacity to publish a podcastepisode and let you know where
the podcast was going.
But I did send an email to mynewsletter subscribers to let
them know what's going on.
If you are not currentlysubscribed to my email
newsletter, I would love toinvite you to join.
You can subscribe by going toAlice subtler.com/scene
(14:07):
worksheet and entering youremail.
As an extra bonus, you'll get myfavorite scene editing resource.
When you subscribe, it's thescene revision worksheet, and
it's my favorite tool to editscenes.
So go to Alice solo.com/sceneworksheet.
Or find the link in the shownotes.
Also, if you're listening tothis episode the week that it
(14:29):
airs, I have even more for you.
I have created a brand new minicourse called how to edit
stellar scenes.
It's three lessons, all viaemail and in it, you'll learn my
top strategies for editingexcellent scenes.
And it's completely free.
If you go to Alice suburb.
dot com slash scene worksheetand sign up for my newsletter.
(14:52):
You'll also get that free minicourse.
Like I said, the podcast mightnot be on a consistent schedule
again yet, But I have so muchgreat editing content coming
your way.
This fall.
And my last big announcement fornow, at least is that very soon
I will be opening up a way towork with me and get my feedback
on your scenes.
(15:12):
This fall.
It's going to be really helpful,really creative, really
inspiring, and also a ton offun.
And I'm super excited about it.
If you want to be the first toknow all about it, be sure to
subscribe to the newsletterbecause I will be sharing all
the details there first.
The bottom line is.
If you enjoy this podcast, ifyou missed it, when it went dark
(15:33):
this summer, and if you wantmore editing resources for me.
Subscribe to my emailnewsletter.
Again, that link is Alice said,though.com/scene worksheet.
I always feel a little bit likeI'm running a telethon.
When I share a link like thishere on the podcast.
Like, I'm just repeating myselfa ton of times, but I want to
make sure that it's super easyfor you to find.
(15:54):
And if you ever forget thatlink, you can absolutely go find
it in the show notes as well.
Okay.
The last thing I want to saybefore I wrap this episode up
is.
Thank you.
To those of you who aresubscribed to my email
newsletter and who received theemail that I sent at the start
of July explaining why therewouldn't be a new episode for
awhile and who sent me so manykind replies.
(16:17):
Thank you.
I read every word and Iappreciated every message so
much.
To those who have been checkingon the podcast feed for your
next draft and watching to catcha new episode, as soon as it
drops.
Thank you.
I listened to a lot of podcastsand I know how easy it is for a
podcast to slip out of mind whenit stops producing new episodes.
(16:38):
And to those of you who havebeen thinking of me and my
family this summer, as weweathered a really.
Really difficult time.
Thank you.
I am so grateful for yoursupport.
And I am so excited to be backto this podcast and the work of
crafting excellent stories.
Until next time.
Happy editing.
Your story can be a refreshingescape from the chaos in your
(00:03):
life and in the world.
So if you need something tofocus on, that is not the
emergency that you're facing.
Give yourself the gift of timespent working on your story.
(00:48):
Welcome back to your next draft.
It has been a while.
Hasn't it?
For a year and a half, you gotnew episodes of your next draft
on a consistent schedule.
I never missed a single episode.
And that is something that I amvery proud of.
And then suddenly in June.
Everything went dark, nowarning, no explanation.
(01:09):
Just no new episodes in yourfeed for two months.
Well, it is August now and I amback.
I am so excited to have anotherbrand new episode of your next
draft for you today.
And in this first episode back.
I want to share a bit of behindthe scenes about why the podcast
disappeared for a while.
(01:29):
I want to share some tips that Ilearned this summer about how to
edit your novel when disasterstrikes.
And I want to tell you what'scoming next for your next draft
and how you can make sure thatyou don't miss a thing.
So let's get straight to it.
Starting with.
Where have I been for the lasttwo months?
In early June, I was rocking androlling.
(01:50):
I had so much momentum in myediting and my business.
I was putting out podcastepisodes, right on schedule and
behind the scenes, I wasbuilding a lot of new things
that I was really excited about.
Then in mid June.
A crisis hit.
Someone in my family suddenlygot very, very sick while on
vacation in Canada.
(02:10):
I dropped everything.
Rush renewed.
My passport, flew to Canada andmoved into a hotel to support
them.
For a long time, we had no ideahow things were going to go.
It was really scary.
I had no idea when I left home,how long I would be gone.
And I ended up spending nearlytwo months in Canada that whole
(02:30):
time we were in crisis mode.
And my number one priority wassupporting my family.
I kept essential operationsrunning in my business, but
pretty much nothing more.
I sent a handful of emailnewsletters, but I could not
manage to create a podcastepisode.
I had big visions of doing so atseveral points and they never
panned out.
It was a very, very scary time.
(02:53):
I would not recommend spendingyour summer like this.
There are so many more pleasantways to go to Canada.
Thankfully.
By early August, things startedcalming down.
My family member's health turneda corner for the better, and we
finally got to move out of thathotel room, leave Canada and
come home.
My family and I have a long roadof healing and recovery ahead.
(03:16):
But I am so grateful.
But the emergency is over theworst outcomes that we feared
were avoided.
And we are now on that path ofrecovery.
And for me.
Part of that recovery includesregaining all of that momentum
that I had in my editing wayback in early June, it means
creating new episodes to sharewith you here on the podcast.
(03:38):
It means that I am back back atmy desk, back to my editing back
on this mic.
And I am so excited to be back.
I still love editing you guys.
So that's where I've been andwhy you haven't heard from me in
awhile.
I wanted to take a moment toshare that because I think the
part of the beauty of workingwith an editor and of listening
to podcasts is that you build uprelationships with other
(04:01):
creative people.
And it just really didn't feelright to me to jump right back
in with practical editingadvice.
Without acknowledging that youhaven't heard from me for a
while.
And this was a reallychallenging summer for me.
That said, I do want to sharesome practical editing tips here
in this episode.
So that's what we'll talk aboutnext.
What I learned this summer thatyou can apply to your own
(04:23):
editing now.
I learned a lot this summer.
So much of it is not the topicof this podcast.
You do not need to know all ofthe things that I learned about
emergency passport, renewal orventilators or coordinating
international medicaltransportation.
I learned.
A lot of things.
But what I do want to share iswhat I learned about editing
(04:44):
during an emergency, Because Ihad to figure it out.
I was in the middle of a crisisand I had to figure out what am
I going to do in my editing?
And it, my job for the durationof this crisis, however long,
this lasts.
I hope that you do not needthese tips right now.
I hope you don't need them for along, long time.
(05:05):
I hope you never need them.
But if a crisis hits, I hopethat these tips give you
something helpful to work with.
As you figure out how you'reediting intersects within
emergency.
And how to keep moving during acrisis.
So.
Here are my top five tips forediting your novel when disaster
(05:26):
strikes.
The first tip is.
Don't.
Truly.
Don't edit.
Give yourself grace to pauseyour editing and take a break
from it.
Uh, crisis demands a lot fromyou.
It is so, so drainingphysically, mentally,
emotionally, It is exhausting.
(05:48):
It is very possible.
Maybe even probable that youjust won't have capacity to edit
anymore.
And that is perfectly okay.
Direct your creative energytowards addressing the disaster
towards your own immediate needsand towards the needs of the
people closest to you.
Give yourself permission.
To put your editing down.
(06:08):
The next tip is find theactivities that feel restorative
for you and the activities thatyou have access to.
For me consuming content was somuch easier than creating
content.
I could read books andnewsletters and I could listen
to podcasts and audio books, butI found it really difficult to
write newsletters or to recordpodcast episodes.
(06:31):
So I downloaded some fluffylighthearted podcasts and audio
books, and I listened to those.
Maybe you'll also find thatconsuming content is easier than
creating, or maybe you'll findthat you need a different
activity altogether.
Whatever it is that you haveaccess to, that feels easy and
fun and restorative.
Do that.
The third tip is to notice yourexperience.
(06:55):
When you're in crisis, you'reprobably living through
something that you would neverhave chosen.
If you could've picked fromevery option in the world.
And I wish that no one ever hadto go through it.
That said, and I want to besuper clear here.
This is not like the bright sideof crisis or anything.
This is not trying to say the,the good, the positive that
comes out of crisis.
(07:15):
This is just acknowledging.
Another thing that is also trueabout crisis.
Your experience of crisis canincrease your empathy for other
people who experienced similarthings.
Whether those people arecharacters in your stories or
humans that you know, in reallife.
I'm sure that you've heard thatwriting advice that says write
what, you know, when you're incrisis, you're likely expanding
(07:38):
what you know, and can writeabout.
You're learning about theliteral external experience of
that crisis.
Like I said, I know a lot aboutventilators now, but more than
that, you're learning about theinternal reality, what it feels
like emotionally as a humanbeing to experience this.
And that is really the heart ofwriting.
What, you know, writing aboutthe emotional truths that you
(08:00):
know, and can speak to.
This summer, I found it helpfulto simply pay attention.
And the deserve what I wasexperiencing.
On the worst days when I couldbarely stand through fear and
grief.
I remember thinking.
Oh, this is what people meanwhen they say their knees went
weak.
A bonus tip here is thatjournaling can be a great outlet
(08:21):
for this, a way to both recordand process what you're
experiencing.
Okay.
So this fourth tip is for you.
If you just really, really wantto touch the pages of your
manuscript and you have decidedto ignore tips one and two,
where I tell you that it is okayto put your editing aside.
Here's the tip.
If you are determined to edit.
(08:43):
Break the big project of editingdown into its simplest smallest
parts.
What is the littlest tiniestpiece of editing than it is
possible for you to do?
Maybe the littlest task is toedit when seen.
Maybe that task is still toobig.
Maybe a smaller task is to thinkabout what the scene is really
(09:04):
about.
Or to list some things thatchange in the scene, or to look
for a place where your charactermakes a decision in that scene.
Break the editing down intoteeny tiny parts, because little
tasks are so much easier andmore accessible to do than a big
overwhelming project.
I will note here that you mightfind that it's actually really
(09:26):
helpful it's for you to editwhile you're in crisis.
Your story and the act ofworking on a project that has
nothing to do with the problemsin your life.
Can be an escape.
Uh, sort of mental vacation.
When I was in crisis at first, Icouldn't figure out how to do
any work at all.
I had to break my work and myediting down into the tiniest
(09:48):
possible tasks and then aim todo just one task a day.
But a few weeks in, I was reallygrateful to have something
normal and fun and comparativelylow stakes to work on.
Work thin started to feel like avacation from reality.
And that's something that I hearconsistently from the writers
that I work with too.
(10:08):
Your story can be a refreshingescape from the chaos in your
life and in the world.
So if you need something tofocus on, that is not the
emergency that you're facing.
Give yourself the gift of timespent working on your story.
And after all that, my fifthediting tip.
Is the same as my first.
(10:30):
Don't edit.
Really.
Truly.
It is.
Okay.
Not to edit.
While you were in crisis.
Focus on your needs and theneeds of the people around you.
No, that your story isimportant.
It matters.
It is a meaningful project thatis worthy of your time and
(10:50):
attention.
And sometimes we're, theinterruptions will delay it for
a while.
Other aspects of your life arealso important And it is okay to
set your story aside for awhileso that another meaningful
project can take priority.
Nothing will break in the world.
If you pause your editing, Ipromise.
(11:11):
So.
Consider this your permissionslip to set your story down when
you need to, your novel will bewaiting patiently, ready to
welcome you back whenever you'reable to return to it.
And there you have it.
My five tips for how to edityour novel.
When a crisis hits.
Here they are again.
One don't edit.
(11:32):
It's okay.
Focus on the crisis and yourmost immediate needs.
Too.
Find the activities that restoreyou and do those, you might find
it easier to consume contentrather than create content.
So find the content you canenjoy and engage with it.
Three.
Notice your experience, both forthe sake of writing, what you
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know, and for the sake of yourown processing.
For, if you really want to edit,break your editing down into the
tiniest tasks possible.
And enjoy the project as anescape from your regular life.
Five.
Don't edit.
Really and truly give yourselfpermission to step away from
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your book for as long as youneed It will be waiting for you
when you're ready to come back.
I hope that you are a long wayoff from any circumstance that
would lead you to need thesetips.
But the reality is thatemergencies come to all of us
sooner or later.
It's the price of being human.
The price of being alive.
So when you need to, it is okayto set your editing aside and
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focus on another worthy projectfor awhile.
And your story will be waitingfor you whenever you're ready to
return.
And on that note, let's talkabout the return of the Euronext
draft podcast and what I've gotcoming for you in the next few
months.
First up.
I want to give you a heads up.
New episodes on your next draftmight be on an inconsistent
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schedule through the end of2024.
I'm back in my building mode.
Busy creating new editingresources and ways to work with
me.
And while I'm putting a lot ofenergy towards that future
building.
I might not have an episode outevery other week throughout the
end of the year.
I do plan to be back on thatconsistent biweekly schedule by
2025 though.
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So think of this episode as asoft launch of restarting the
podcast ramping up for all ofthe editing.
Goodness.
Coming down the line.
Now what is back on its regularschedule is my email newsletter.
I send out an email newsletterevery Tuesday in it.
I share the latest podcastepisodes from your next draft,
but I also share editing tipsthat you won't hear here on the
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podcast.
Plus when the crisis hit inJune, I did not have the
capacity to publish a podcastepisode and let you know where
the podcast was going.
But I did send an email to mynewsletter subscribers to let
them know what's going on.
If you are not currentlysubscribed to my email
newsletter, I would love toinvite you to join.
You can subscribe by going toAlice subtler.com/scene
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worksheet and entering youremail.
As an extra bonus, you'll get myfavorite scene editing resource.
When you subscribe, it's thescene revision worksheet, and
it's my favorite tool to editscenes.
So go to Alice solo.com/sceneworksheet.
Or find the link in the shownotes.
Also, if you're listening tothis episode the week that it
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airs, I have even more for you.
I have created a brand new minicourse called how to edit
stellar scenes.
It's three lessons, all viaemail and in it, you'll learn my
top strategies for editingexcellent scenes.
And it's completely free.
If you go to Alice suburb.
dot com slash scene worksheetand sign up for my newsletter.
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You'll also get that free minicourse.
Like I said, the podcast mightnot be on a consistent schedule
again yet, But I have so muchgreat editing content coming
your way.
This fall.
And my last big announcement fornow, at least is that very soon
I will be opening up a way towork with me and get my feedback
on your scenes.
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This fall.
It's going to be really helpful,really creative, really
inspiring, and also a ton offun.
And I'm super excited about it.
If you want to be the first toknow all about it, be sure to
subscribe to the newsletterbecause I will be sharing all
the details there first.
The bottom line is.
If you enjoy this podcast, ifyou missed it, when it went dark
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this summer, and if you wantmore editing resources for me.
Subscribe to my emailnewsletter.
Again, that link is Alice said,though.com/scene worksheet.
I always feel a little bit likeI'm running a telethon.
When I share a link like thishere on the podcast.
Like, I'm just repeating myselfa ton of times, but I want to
make sure that it's super easyfor you to find.
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And if you ever forget thatlink, you can absolutely go find
it in the show notes as well.
Okay.
The last thing I want to saybefore I wrap this episode up
is.
Thank you.
To those of you who aresubscribed to my email
newsletter and who received theemail that I sent at the start
of July explaining why therewouldn't be a new episode for
awhile and who sent me so manykind replies.
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Thank you.
I read every word and Iappreciated every message so
much.
To those who have been checkingon the podcast feed for your
next draft and watching to catcha new episode, as soon as it
drops.
Thank you.
I listened to a lot of podcastsand I know how easy it is for a
podcast to slip out of mind whenit stops producing new episodes.
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And to those of you who havebeen thinking of me and my
family this summer, as weweathered a really.
Really difficult time.
Thank you.
I am so grateful for yoursupport.
And I am so excited to be backto this podcast and the work of
crafting excellent stories.
Until next time.
Happy editing.
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