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5 Reactions to Novel Feedback
Yep. You gotta get feedback on your novel and you gotta act on it. On everything? Yep. But what if. . .
Yes! Oh! No? Uh-oh! Huh?
Okay. Here are five reactions I’ve had to recent feedback: Yes! Oh! No? Uh-oh! Huh?
Yes! It’s great when
8 Ways to Re-characterize
by Darcy Pattison
Character Revision: 8 Ways to Jumpstart a Make Over
L. asked: “How do you retrofit a character during revisions?”
What I think of is not a personality transplant, but more often it’s adding to rather than replacing a character’s personality. Here’s a few starters:
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