editing – Christine Hartmann

Best way to improve your writing: Analyze movies

Feb 1, 2016C Hartmann Booksresources, Uncategorized, writingediting, McKee, Movies, Story

Last winter I read Robert McKee’s Story for the first time. After that, Ron and I took a different approach to watching movies. We used to hit pause only for bathroom breaks. But now after the first ten minutes of a movie we take a moment to ask each other, “What was the inciting incident?” […]

Reading with your ears

Aug 22, 2015C Hartmann Booksglaucoma, writingediting, glaucoma, roy peter clark, writing, Zinsser

The New York Times once published an article about William Zinsser, the author of the classic guide on non-fiction writing, On Writing Well. I love Mr. Zinsser’s book. It’s on my shelf along with Writing Tools and an increasing number of other books on writing. You learn a lot about how Mr. Zinsser thinks through […]