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/
Sunday, March 31, 2019
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/
https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/03/places-are-important-too-bring-your-book-to-life-part-ii/
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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/
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/01/3-signs-its-time-to-stop-editing-that-manuscript/
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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/
https://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2019/02/27/character-agency-by-katia-raina/
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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
http://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-much-maligned-prologue-with-some.html
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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/
https://writerunboxed.com/2017/05/02/rattling-the-cup-for-blurbs/
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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/
https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/02/redundancy-in-your-writing-and-how-to-exorcise-it/
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revisions
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
http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2019/03/what-is-voice.html
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voice
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/
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
https://lernerbooks.blog/2017/09/paginate-picture-book-manuscript.html
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