Sunday, March 31, 2019

Is Your Agent Any Good?

How do you tell if your agent is doing a good job for you and your career? 

https://www.janefriedman.com/how-do-you-know-if-your-agent-is-any-good/

Saturday, March 30, 2019

Settings

Where you set your book and how you describe it will help bring your story to life. 

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/03/places-are-important-too-bring-your-book-to-life-part-ii/

Friday, March 29, 2019

When To Stop Editing

How do you know when it's time to stop revising and start submitting?

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/01/3-signs-its-time-to-stop-editing-that-manuscript/

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Character Agency

It's important that your characters have agency, the purpose that drives their actions. 

https://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2019/02/27/character-agency-by-katia-raina/

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Prologues

When the guidelines say to only include a partial of your manuscript, should you include the prologue or not? 

http://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-much-maligned-prologue-with-some.html

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Blurbs

It's hard to ask people to blurb your book, but these tips will make it easier.

https://writerunboxed.com/2017/05/02/rattling-the-cup-for-blurbs/

Monday, March 25, 2019

Redundant Writing

Whether it's repeating words or repeating what you're saying but in a different ways, it's time to cut those redundancies out of your writing. 

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/02/redundancy-in-your-writing-and-how-to-exorcise-it/

Sunday, March 24, 2019

Voice

This is the best and simplest explanation of voice I've ever seen. 

http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2019/03/what-is-voice.html

Saturday, March 23, 2019

Backstory Through Dialogue

No one wants to read an infodump of backstory, but you can share some of those details through dialogue. 

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/02/writing-backstory-through-dialogue/

Picture Book Pagination

Make your readers want to turn that page at the end of every spread.

https://lernerbooks.blog/2017/09/paginate-picture-book-manuscript.html