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Showing posts with label revision. Show all posts
Showing posts with label revision. Show all posts
Friday, January 24, 2014

Time, the Magic Elixir—Set Your Novel Aside for a Spell

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Partial Outline for Tempest at Dawn I believe novels are like wine, they need to age in a metaphorical cask for just the right amount...
Friday, April 19, 2013

Fear and the Bleeding Manuscript

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Once upon a time, I feared red ink … now I look forward to it. The red ink means another set of professional eyes are helping me write ...
Monday, February 25, 2013

Continuity, Clarity, and Crispness

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I’m making pre-editing revisions to my latest book . I want to share my goals for a final pass-through for any of my books. After I have t...
Monday, February 11, 2013

It all depends on how you look at it—Point of View

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I’m reading a thriller from a big name author. It’s a bestseller published under a Simon & Schuster imprint. Yeah, I found a few typ...
Friday, December 14, 2012

Leonard's ten rules for writing

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Elmore Leonard In 2009, The Western Writers of America presented Elmore Leonard with their prestigious Owen Wister Award for lifetim...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Polish your manuscript

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It is the superfluous things for which men sweat. Seneca (c. 5 BC-AD c. 65), Roman writer A friend of mine unintentionally ch...
Friday, August 12, 2011

New Cover for The Shut Mouth Society

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For a long time, I've wanted to change the cover of The Shut Mouth Society . Although the story has strong historical elements, it...
Friday, June 3, 2011

Jane's Fame, How Jane Austen Conquered the World

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I like to read author biographies and this is a fascinating book about a fascinating author. The first quarter is biographical, and...
Saturday, February 14, 2009

The secret to great dialogue

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Dialogue by Doc Ross, Christchurch, New Zealand Dialogue in fiction is not conversation. At least not the kind of conversation we have e...