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Princess Revision: The Prologue

Oh, do I have a treat for you! I found 41 pages of a novel I wrote when I was in college. It doesn’t have a date on it, but it was...

So You Wanna Write a Book: Replacing -ly Adverbs

Once upon a time, my literary agent found the one -ly adverb I snuck into my manuscript and made me ditch it What?!? Why Shouldn’t I Use...

So You Wanna Write a Book: Making the Cut

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Now that you’ve finished the first draft of your book, it’s time for the excruciating part: editing. Some...

Details That Increase Interest

Cristina Wilhelm sent me this scene to revise. In response to a few questions I had regarding the piece, she told me that: 1) This scene...

Pacing Problems

I came home from school with a headache. The kids seemed to be getting rowdier everyday. I suddenly remembered I’d have to get Rellie’s...

Important Tip #2 Watch for Unnecessary Words

Unnecessary words. What does this mean? Words that make your work cumbersome. Disrupt the flow of the language. Get in the way of the...

Drawn-out Dialogue

Tina, the airhead, the complete fool. She’s wearing some ugly sweater today. Mark noticed her face looked as if someone had mistaked it...

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