Write well. Write often. Edit wisely.
Characters who don’t react are cold and distant, and their lack of reaction keeps readers at a distance. Engage readers by using character reaction to stir readers’ emotions.
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A style sheet is an easy way to manage consistency in a manuscript. Writer or editor, consider putting together a style sheet for every project.
Fiction can be sterile and bland and seemingly perfect, but sterile stories don’t engage the reader. Be encouraged to bypass the safe and sterile and instead write engrossing stories.
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Prologues are out of vogue, but can a novel have a prologue? It can if the prologue serves a purpose and doesn’t detract from the rest of the story.
In celebration of the 100th article on editing and the craft of writing, The Editor’s Blog is giving away one free 30-page fiction edit. Read on to find out more and to enter the drawing.
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A number of visitors to The Editor’s Blog have asked if editors need to know how to write, if they must be good writers to be good editors. I say yes.
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Using contractions and writing in dialect are only two categories of word choices a writer must face. Explore the use of contractions and dialect in fiction.
To thank my readers and visitors at The Editor’s Blog for their support and in honor of blog article #100, I’m giving away a free edit of the first 30 pages of a fiction manuscript via a drawing. Details in this article.
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A novel’s resolution can ensure a satisfying read or it can drive readers mad at the way it doesn’t fit the story. Learn more about story resolution in fiction.
Most writers have heard the instruction that says to write what you know. I suggest that writers instead write about subjects that move them. Write from your passions.
The reader will focus on what stands out. Turn the reader's attention where you want it to go.
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