editing
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So pleased!
In preparation for shipping Suzie’s Nightmare around to different agents, I decided to give it to a few friends and get them to read it over. Get their impressions of the plot, the characters, the storyline. In his book On Writing, Stephen King sends out his burgeoning manuscripts to numerous fellow writers and readers he…
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Writer Water Cooler
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Pushing Characters and What Makes a Good Story
Working Writers posted a link to this article today, and I thought I’d give my two cents on the topic. Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent: What the Fiction Editor Looks For, Part I Rachelle lists a series of items that writers fail to include in their stories/books/etc. that leaves the reader feeling like something’s off. That’s…
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Edits and Climbing Roses
Forgot to post my updates yesterday, but edits are moving along smoothly. I love the Moral Indecision Aftermath that I created, and I’d almost forgotten about it. Thank goodness I’m reading over this & editing it before I let others read it. I’d hate it if they brought up a scene that I totally forgot…