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Rebecca Faith Heyman

Rebecca Faith Heyman has a BA/MA in English and American Literature from NYU, and has been a freelance editor since 2009. She is the founder and director of The Work Conference, an annual writers' event in New York City. She lives outside of Boston with her husband, two kids, and a precocious Siberian cat.

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First Line Frenzy #3: An Editor Critiques Your Opening Line

13:00 EST - Apr 08, 2020

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Bonus episodes

In addition to the live event, we also recorded a few bonus episodes where Becca plowed through more user submissions.

Bonus Episode #1

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Bonus Episode # 2

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