Planning Always Helps (even after the 1st draft)
It aids your editing process. I usually start with a timeline, where my characters start and where they want to go, adding in the...
THAT!
I hate the word. If I find myself in a situation where I am about to use it, I delete the sentence and start again. The world just...
She said. He said
Seeing these words in a book pains my poor little heart. I don’t want to say it’s lazy writing because it depends on your audience and...
Action
Action determines what is going on in your project. You have to make sure it is well constructed so I suggested researching everything...
Editing speech
There are many ways to edit and many things to look out for. For the next few posts, I’ll be focusing on the technical stuff, like...
The woes of Re Writing
I will refrain from expletives during this post as I know and feel the pin you guys are going through when you realise you have to...
Build from the Ground up!
Prose is architecture, not interior decoration. – Ernest Hemingway I have always said to people writing is like building a house. The...
Editing Tricks
Editing can sometimes feel like a mammoth task, it can be overwhelming when you have 180+ pages. I have felt the same thing while looking...
