In this lecture/discussion, we'll look at strategies for revising prose (fiction and nonfiction) whether you're editing yourself, helping others, or participating in a creative writing workshop. We'll discuss how and why to isolate different craft elements in our revision practice, and look at how to tackle even the biggest revisions. There will be plenty of in-class examples, and please bring the first page or two of a work-in-progress in order to practice some of these editing strategies in real time.
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Emily Nemens is the author of the novels Clutch (Tin House/Zando, 2026), and The Cactus League (FSG, 2020), both of which were NYT Book Review Editor's Choice selections. Her stories and essays have appeared in BOMB, Story, Zyzzyva, n+1, and elsewhere; her illustrations have appeared in the New Yorker and in collaboration with Harvey Pekar. Nemens spent over a decade editing literary quarterlies, including leading the Paris Review and serving as coeditor and prose editor of the Southern Review. She teaches in the MFA program at Bennington College and lives in central New Jersey with her husband and dog.
Emily is new to The Porch. Welcome!
