For coaching on what to cut, watch a film’s special edition.
After I watched a special edition DVD Romancing the Stone, I made a point to see the bonus features. As I watched, I realized they offer insights for a novelist.
Great novels aren’t written, the saying goes. They’re rewritten.
This includes reviewing each scene’s purposes ― confirming it accomplishes such tasks as advancing the story … Continue reading
There’s nothing like spending time on site.
No matter your book’s setting, readers expect you’ll not only set the scene with vivid details, but also that you’ll get those details right. It’s hard to achieve that if you’ve done all your research online.
My wife and I just returned from a … Continue reading
Give them the problems flagged in your junk emails.
Before I clear my spam folder, I always take a quick scan to check if there’s anything legitimate.
This past week as I scanned the subject line, I thought They must think my life’s a mess. Imagine if someone had all those problems.
I began to imagine just that — and decided that novelists … Continue reading