tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post5858482754035825345..comments2024-03-17T12:30:03.009-05:00Comments on Teaching Authors--6 Children's Authors Who Also Teach Writing: MFA Programs: The Golden Ticket?Carmela Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543808551988338496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-35543433392906355452012-09-19T09:44:25.422-05:002012-09-19T09:44:25.422-05:00Jessoca--Good question.To put this is as briefly a...Jessoca--Good question.To put this is as briefly as possible, the difference between editors notes and those o my mentors would be this. Mentors notes are more of the brainstorming type ("What if this character did this or that What would happen if this were a novel instead of a picture book") The mentors try to make you see all the possibilities, in addition to helping you hone your prose style. Editors, for the most part, assume that your work is already on a sound foundation. They won't buy a picture book and suddenly decide it would make a better novel. They take what you have already written and look for inconsistencies in style, plot etc and help you dig deeper into the interior life of the character. If this is TOO brief an explanation, I suggest that this might be a good topic for our next "Ask a Teaching Author" question! Good one, Jessica.mary ann rodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13639787144894232298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-75936196919971239082012-09-18T10:03:47.646-05:002012-09-18T10:03:47.646-05:00Very cool, Mary Ann! I agree that my advice from m...Very cool, Mary Ann! I agree that my advice from my grad-school advisors was amazingly in-depth and helpful. I wonder if you could explain the difference between their advice and that from editors. I'm relatively new to working with editors, and I wonder what I should expect that is different!Jessica Leaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339512650884182928noreply@blogger.com