#revising — Public Fediverse posts
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Failing the Perception Check
In the video game Baldur’s Gate 3 , you will occasionally stumble across traps—small landmines or treasure chests rigged to explode. To avoid taking damage, you roll a Perception check to see if you notice the trap before running right over it and potentially exploding your companions.
There’s a part of revisions that feels, to me, like failing that check over and over again.
I open the manuscript. I open a calculator. I think: this book needs to be 95,000 words to be competitive in traditional publishing (said someone, somewhere), which means the inciting incident must occur by word 11,400—that’s 12%, or halfway through the first act. I took Math for Liberal Arts in college and here I am calculating percentages. Already, we’re having a great time.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/04/02/failing-the-perception-check/ -
Failing the Perception Check
In the video game Baldur’s Gate 3 , you will occasionally stumble across traps—small landmines or treasure chests rigged to explode. To avoid taking damage, you roll a Perception check to see if you notice the trap before running right over it and potentially exploding your companions.
There’s a part of revisions that feels, to me, like failing that check over and over again.
I open the manuscript. I open a calculator. I think: this book needs to be 95,000 words to be competitive in traditional publishing (said someone, somewhere), which means the inciting incident must occur by word 11,400—that’s 12%, or halfway through the first act. I took Math for Liberal Arts in college and here I am calculating percentages. Already, we’re having a great time.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/04/02/failing-the-perception-check/ -
Failing the Perception Check
In the video game Baldur’s Gate 3 , you will occasionally stumble across traps—small landmines or treasure chests rigged to explode. To avoid taking damage, you roll a Perception check to see if you notice the trap before running right over it and potentially exploding your companions.
There’s a part of revisions that feels, to me, like failing that check over and over again.
I open the manuscript. I open a calculator. I think: this book needs to be 95,000 words to be competitive in traditional publishing (said someone, somewhere), which means the inciting incident must occur by word 11,400—that’s 12%, or halfway through the first act. I took Math for Liberal Arts in college and here I am calculating percentages. Already, we’re having a great time.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/04/02/failing-the-perception-check/ -
Failing the Perception Check
In the video game Baldur’s Gate 3 , you will occasionally stumble across traps—small landmines or treasure chests rigged to explode. To avoid taking damage, you roll a Perception check to see if you notice the trap before running right over it and potentially exploding your companions.
There’s a part of revisions that feels, to me, like failing that check over and over again.
I open the manuscript. I open a calculator. I think: this book needs to be 95,000 words to be competitive in traditional publishing (said someone, somewhere), which means the inciting incident must occur by word 11,400—that’s 12%, or halfway through the first act. I took Math for Liberal Arts in college and here I am calculating percentages. Already, we’re having a great time.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/04/02/failing-the-perception-check/ -
CAW Writers Conference 2026
Join us on March 14, 2026, for the Cartersville Area Writers 4th Annual Writers Conference! Tickets and info at CartersvilleAreaWriters.com. 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Cartersville Civic Center. Speakers include award-winning writers Kimberly Brock, Rosemary Royston, Jessica Handler, Mickey Dubrow, and therapist Jessica Schmoll. Fan favorite silent auction is back! Catered by Southern Comforts Catering. Hurry, seating is limited!
#CAW #CartersvilleAreaWriters #WritersConference #Revision #Revising #WriteThatBook #Writers #Authors #WritingCommunity #ImposterSyndrome #PoetrytoProse
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CAW Writers Conference 2026
Join us on March 14, 2026, for the Cartersville Area Writers 4th Annual Writers Conference! Tickets and info at CartersvilleAreaWriters.com. 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Cartersville Civic Center. Speakers include award-winning writers Kimberly Brock, Rosemary Royston, Jessica Handler, Mickey Dubrow, and therapist Jessica Schmoll. Fan favorite silent auction is back! Catered by Southern Comforts Catering. Hurry, seating is limited!
#CAW #CartersvilleAreaWriters #WritersConference #Revision #Revising #WriteThatBook #Writers #Authors #WritingCommunity #ImposterSyndrome #PoetrytoProse
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Why Are You Going to the CAW 2026 Writers Conference?
Join us on March 14, 2026, for the Cartersville Area Writers 4th Annual Writers Conference! Tickets and info at CartersvilleAreaWriters.com. 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Cartersville Civic Center. Speakers include award-winning writers Kimberly Brock, Rosemary Royston, Jessica Handler, Mickey Dubrow, and therapist Jessica Schmoll. Fan favorite silent auction is back! Catered by Southern Comforts Catering. Hurry, seating is limited!
#CAW #CartersvilleAreaWriters #WritersConference #Revision #Revising #WriteThatBook #Writers #Authors #WritingCommunity #ImposterSyndrome #PoetrytoProse
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CAW Writers Conference 2026 – Revision as Inspiration
Join award-winning authors Jessica Handler and Mickey Dubrow for their immersive workshop “Revising as Inspiration” at the CAW 2026 Writers Conference. Revising your writing can be a joyful, inspirational experience. After all, the word “revision” means to “see again.” In this two-hour generative workshop, Handler and Dubrow will guide you through a variety of techniques for “revisioning” your prose, poetry, and lyrics. Please bring between five and ten pages of work in progress (digital or hard copy) and be prepared to enjoy hands-on writing and group discussion. Open to writers of all levels.
#CAW #CartersvilleAreaWriters #WritersConference #MickeyDubrow #JessicaHandler #Revision #Revising #WriteThatBook #Writers #Authors #WritingCommunity
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How First Drafts Are Like Cauliflower
For me, revising a rough draft for the first time is akin to eating cauliflower: I get that it’s a good thing, but it’s not appealing on any level. It’s bland, it’s boring, and sometimes it’s just plain disgusting. But it’s also hard to avoid.
https://writerunboxed.com/2025/09/26/how-first-drafts-are-like-cauliflower/ -
#Alabama #delegates at the #UnitedMethodist #GeneralConference state "Removing #antiLGBTQ #language is their top priority"
#Delegates say the big issues are best summed up as the three R’s: "#Removal of #harmful #language regarding #homosexuality; #regionalization allowing more #selfgoverning in different parts of the world; and #revising the #SocialPrinciples."
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Progress #Representation #Culture
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A person who doesn't want to do the work of #Writing, #Rewriting, #Submitting, and #Revising simply isn't a #Writer.