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EDITING 101: 10 – What Happens When You Die? – NOT in a Metaphysical sense…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Originally posted as the Dun Writin’—Now Whut? series on this blog, EDITING 101 is a weekly refresher series for some of you and brand new for others. Courtesy of Adirondack Editing What Happens When You Die? Wait, wait, don’t run away. This is not a religious post. This is a…
Changing Books after Publication: What Happens When Authors Change Their Minds?
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
Often books are published in an imperfect state. The first print run may include minor grammar errors or other issues that a publisher fixes in subsequent printings. But what happens when someone decides that larger changes are necessary? In publishing, the term “edition” can indicate several different types of alterations…
EDITING 101: 08 – Using Song Lyrics in your Manuscript…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Originally posted as the Dun Writin’—Now Whut? series on this blog, EDITING 101 is a weekly refresher series for some of you and brand new for others. Courtesy of Adirondack Editing Using Song Lyrics in your Manuscript You’ve just written the most perfect restaurant love scene imaginable. As your two…
How to use a Book Map to Evaluate Your Plot…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Extract from an article from YA Buccaneers site: A couple of weekends ago, I was lucky enough to attend a full-day plot workshop by editor Cheryl Klein. It was super informative–Ms. Klein passed on a ton of helpful information. Before the class, we had been…
FEEDBACK: A New App To Turn Your First Draft Into A Great Story
Originally posted on Kristina Stanley:
For those of you who’ve been reading my blog and my series called Write Better Fiction, you know I’ve been seriously engaged in creating an automated method to guide me through the rewriting step of the writing process. I’ve co-founded Feedback Innovations Inc. along with Mathew Stanley and Michael Conn,…
EDITING 101: 07 – Consecutive Versus Concurrent Action…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Originally posted as the Dun Writin’—Now Whut? series on this blog, EDITING 101 is a weekly refresher series for some of you and brand new for others. Courtesy of Adirondack Editing Consecutive Versus Concurrent Action Before we start this discussion, let’s make sure we’re all on the same page. These…
EDITING 101: 04 – Character Name Consistency…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Originally posted as the Dun Writin’—Now Whut? series on this blog, EDITING 101 is a weekly refresher series for some of you and brand new for others. Courtesy of Adirondack Editing Character Name Consistency A book I edited had a main character with a name of, say, Paul Charleston, who…
Six Ways To Self-Edit & Polish Your Prose
Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Whether you are new to writing or an old pro, brushing up on the basics is always helpful. Because no matter how GOOD the story is? If the reader is busy stumbling over this stuff, it ruins the fictive dream and she will never GET to the story.…
Introducing the Logsdon Clan and The Author Helper
I couldn’t have a pay-it-forward series without mentioning the Logsdon family. Lorelei Logsdon is an amazing editor, who has edited all of my books. Her husband, John, is a best-selling autho… Source: Introducing the Logsdon Clan and The Author Helper
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