CIMG6518 ApolloCon 2007 panel on self-editing

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ApolloCon 2007 panel on self-editing: Barbara Winter (left) and Melanie Miller Fletcher (right)

CIMG6518 Barbara Winter (left) and Melanie Miller Fletcher (right)

CIMG6518 Barbara Winter (left) and Melanie Miller Fletcher (right) on ApolloCon 2007 panel on self-editing

The panelists’ advice: start with the ending and write toward the beginning; editing out self-indulgent parts — but without throwing them into the trash can; choose the correct tense and point of view.

ApolloCon used to be a speculative fiction convention in Houston, Texas.