Rough Drafts with Potential
Suggestions on What to Read and What to Watch, as well as A Writer’s Plight, the latest on what I’m working on, featuring writing and editing tips and tricks. Parts of these blogs may show up later as polished media crit pieces or actual published essays.
Also, occasionally: Tea with Andie.
Why is your blog called “Rough Drafts with Potential”?
You know how you’ll get an email sometimes, and at the bottom, it’s like, “Sent from my iPhone – forgive typos”? This is kind of like that. I work a full-time job on top of offering freelance editing and creative services, so if I had to face a polished monthly blog, it would simply never happen.
Plus, I have a folder in my Google Drive called “Rough Drafts with Potential” where I go to write without pressure. This blog is named after that folder to take the pressure off. Of both of us.
You can rest easy knowing that these blogs were definitely not created with AI. The occasional typo will serve as proof. (I also hope to show that even great writers—hair flip—need great editors. A second pair of eyes go a long way.)
Also! Occasionally, I’ll write actual bits of writing/editing advice on here. I know, whaaaat!
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by Andie Salm Carver Your homie Andie developed a giant case of Burnout from doing Too Much since the last post. Here’s what I got into: Editing Too Many Books at Once I mentioned in my last Writer’s Plight post…
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What to Watch: Horror, Dark Comedies, and Gory Dramas
by Andie Salm Carver In this month’s What to Watch listicle, I’ll be covering my favorite movie release of the year so far, The Drama, and what is probably my favorite horror movie of the year so far, Obsession, as…
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What to Read: Established Prescriptive Nonfiction, A New Book on Creativity, and Upcoming Nonfiction Releases
by Andie Salm Carver In this What to Read listicle, exclusively featuring nonfiction, I’m covering established prescriptive nonfiction, a newly released self-help/memoir hybrid on creativity, and some upcoming nonfiction. In order of appearance, we’ve got: Nonfiction Books Out Now Blueprint…
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What to Read: Dark Sci-Fi and Romantasy Novels
by Andie Salm Carver As promised in last month’s What to Read listicle, I have brought you reviews of Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro and Alchemised by SenYinLu, but we also have a bonus book: Quicksilver by Callie…
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Rough Drafts with Potential: A Writer’s Plight
by Andie Salm Carver Welcome back to your monthly Rough Drafts with Potential! PSYCH! Rough Drafts with Potential will now be three to four separate pieces, so you can jump straight to the blogs that connect with you the most. …
An Homage to Past Blogs
Remember up there, when I was like, “I couldn’t handle facing a polished blog every month”? I said that because I have tried, twice, to write themed content consistently. I didn’t know my niche then (which is narrative, culture, and philosophy—yes, all three), and that is partly why I simply could not keep up with the workload I inflicted on myself.
Here’s an homage to past blogs I have worked on, to showcase my work and my improvement over the (lemme check my watch) decades. Prison Cellulite is about feminism, while Puzzle Peace covers comparative religion.
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