Hey, welcome back to my 7-part series on rewriting and editing your book! Every writer and every story is different, so this isn’t a comprehensive checklist. Hopefully, though, my way of breaking the revision process down will give you some inspiration. Today I’m going to talk about my favorite editing pass, and I hope you like it, too! Like the
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Hey, welcome back to my series about how to rewrite, revise, and edit a book after you write it! Last time, I talked about clarifying your character arcs, or emphasizing the ways in which your main characters change and grow over the course of the story. Today, we’ll talk about pacing. “Pacing” refers to the speed at which
“How do I edit my novel?” I see this question popping up a lot on writer forums. It especially comes up with winners of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and people who have completed their first rough draft. I think there are tons of resources out there about how to write a novel, but there’s less advice about editing. This
Note: Some people spell “copy editing” and “copy editor” as two words, which is more correct, and some people make them one word, which some dictionaries say is acceptable. I’ve used both spellings in this post so that people searching for information can find it. In writing forums, I’ve seen many writers who intend to self-publish ask questions like: What does a copyeditor do? What is
Most romances are written in third person, alternating between the point of view of one person who falls in love and the other person who falls in love. (I’ve never read polyamorous romance and I imagine you usually get three or more points of view in those, although I can’t say for sure.) Mind you, flipping back and forth between
I’ve written a little before about Tarot cards because I’m really drawn to their symbolism. I’m not the only one — their divinatory meanings and timeless archetypes have long been a source of inspiration for writers, artists, and other creative minds. Some people feel that Tarot cards are evil, a sin, or bad luck when used to predict the future. But
Recently I did a list of writing prompts to help writers embarrass their characters in their fiction. People seemed to like it a lot, so I thought I’d do a similar one to annoy (or even seriously anger) your characters! Most of these are more along the lines of pet peeves, and some could be used for the sake of humor,