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Still working on revising my WIP novel, scene by scene. In the novel’s scene I just worked on, the main character is sitting at a school assembly. It’s an important assembly which sets up the main point of the story; however, as in most such assemblies, the action of the novel’s scene takes place on [...]
4 Ways to Slim Down Your Novel After reading over the first section of the novel that I’ve just revised, I realize that I want to cut some of it. It’s not bad the way it is, but cutting 10-20% will help.
A scene goal must have a showdown I’m revising my WIP novel and I’m at the end of the first section of the story. In this section, my character lays out a specific goal, and of course,
Introduced first in 2007, authors debuting children’s books have formed a cooperative effort to market their novels. Last year, I featured many of the stories of how the 2k8 Novels Were Revised. This is part of the ongoing stories from the Class of 2k9 authors and how they went about revising their novels. From Creative [...]
How to revise a novel and build a career as a noted author – a humorous look Write the first draft of a novel. That should be easy.
I’m worried. :-/ Are my characters boring? One-Note Characters One common difficulty is to create characters with a wide range of emotions. Yes, your character may be chronically sad or mad; but
Big v. small publishers I’ve been looking for new markets for my work and paying attention to smaller publishers while I”m at it. With so many imprints consolidated under one umbrella, it’s harder than ever to find appropriate markets.
I’m struggling with the question of what is a scene. Yes, I know the standard definitions: it’s a contained piece of action in a story. It has a structure with a beginning, middle and end. But today I’m working with scenes and here are some thoughts, especially about using scenes for pacing a novel.
For me the rhythms of life control a lot about my writing. In early June, I expected to get a lot of writing done this summer. And I have. But not
Does Format change a story? Format. Yes, it makes a difference. How you present information or how you present a story make a difference to the text. For example, I’ve been wanting to write
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