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Writerly Things…8/12/18

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Writerly Things…8/12/18
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It’s been a busy week. I’ve been working on getting my manuscript ready for PitchWars, failing that, submission. It’s working out better than I thought and I’m fixing the problems I noticed along the way. For me, I had a problem with description. As in, too much of it. I had to go in and pare down. Another issue is too many new characters in each chapter. Mine is a big world, there’s a lot but I cut out as many as I could. There will be time in future books, to introduce more that aren’t absolutely needed at the moment. I also noticed some crutch words I had to take care of. I made decisions on the worldbuilding, as to what needed italicized versus not. Studying Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse novels has helped. As I said, there are other novels I’m looking at as…

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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