Craft
Five Self Editing Essentials To Perfect Your Novel
Polish it until it gleams. Editor Dana Isaacson provides five self-editing tips to make your novel shine.
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Writing Prompt: The Jacket
Clothing as shorthand. So let’s say your character decides to wear this jacket. Why would she (or he) do that?
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How Long Should a Chapter Be?
Puzzled about how long your chapters should be? Read on for things to consider when making that decision.
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Writing Prompt: Increasing Tension
You don’t always have to ratchet up the tension in your novel through action. Dialog, internal dialog, silence, sentence structure and even word choice can boost the tension.
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Who Should Read Your Work?
How do you know if your fiction is ready for expert eyes? Several novels later, I’ve come up with three kinds of trusted readers I approach for feedback before I share a draft with my agent.
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The Organizing Principle, for Fun and Profit
Does your work have a strong organizing principle? It’s not what happens in your story, but rather how you choose to frame what happens in your story.
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Writing Prompt: The Truth Is
The truth is … Everybody lies.
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How to Hear Criticism
Constructive criticism is a writer’s best friend. How to handle it even when the author and editor don’t agree.
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Writing Prompt: On the Page
Pick a favorite book and write down everything you know about the main character. How did the author convey each bit of information?
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Zoom In, Zoom Out: An Exercise in Creating a Memorable Setting
If your reader is reading to escape, you better give them a destination and bring them there. So, how do you create a cinematic experience for your readers? How do you bring them someplace they’ll never forget?
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A Checklist: How to Revise Your Novel
It takes longer, much longer than you might think, to make your book wonderful. It takes revisions. How do you go through the whole darn thing and make it better?
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