Then you can speak her language.
by Andy Scheer
Do you know your audience as well as you know the characters in your novel?
Many novelists keep character photos by their keyboards to help them bring to life Ashley, Braxton, Connor, Desiree, and the others in their … Continue reading
Readers don’t want filler.
by Andy Scheer
“Vigorous writing is concise,” says William Strunk Jr. in his classic book The Elements of Style. “A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary … Continue reading
Make sure you’re on the same page.
by Andy Scheer
I did the writer a favor—by redirecting her to another editor.
Somehow she hadn’t realized her style and mine fall on opposite ends of spectrum. In my class for her writers group, I’d advocated that “vigorous writing is … Continue reading