The Editing Cycle #10 – Top Ten Tips for Editing
Editing can be overwhelming, but here are my top ten tips to help break the process down.
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The Editing Cycle #9 – Strengths and Weaknesses
A master swordsman does not choose to fight with a bow, unless he is a fool. Strengths and Weaknesses This week I want to know all of your strengths and weaknesses and you’re going...
The Editing Cycle #7 – Writing with Dr Seuss and Neil Gaiman
That feeling you get when you’re reading a book which someone else writ and you think what it took.
The Editing Cycle #6 – Plot Your Way
Plotting your novel is a very personal task and nobody can tell you how to do it, but in this week’s session, we’re going to explore an old favourite: the road map. We’ll be...
The Critic Doublethink
Don’t you know that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? George Orwell, 1984
The Editing Cycle #4 – The Domino Effect
Don’t be caught unaware by the domino effect! Editing can sometimes be a painful experience and one of the reasons for this is the domino effect. If you’re keeping up, then you...
I’ll Interrobang You!
!?!?!? You wouldn’t think people need punctuation in poetry, in fact most people seem to ignore it completely – except for the capitalisation of every line (what’s with that?! [That interrobang is for you...
The Editing Cycle #3 – Character Growth
Whether you’ve finished writing your novel, or have only just begun, one of the most important things to consider is character consistency vs character growth. Every character in your novel goes through a journey...
The Editing Cycle #2 – Rock, Paper, Scissors
Rock, Paper, Scissors As writers, sometimes we find ourselves between a rock and a hard place. Whether this rock is a lack of inspiration, or a plot arc which refuses to be resolved, we...
The Editing Cycle #1 – Sentence Structure
For our first session of The Editing Cycle, we are going to focus on fiction, more specifically, on sentence structure.
