Five Items for Page One
Attention spans are getting shorter, reading choice is getting bigger; which is why writers have to include five items on […]
Writing
Posts on the craft of writing
Editing the ‘Crutch’ Words
Sooner or later in the process, every author faces editing the ‘crutch’ words. These are the habitual words or phrases
Applying Character Arcs in Fiction
In a previous post I looked at how character arcs rise and fall and promised to look at applying character
Grammarly’s Good But Not for Fiction
There are plenty of beneficial writers’ tools, but a weekend of editing has taught me something: Grammarly’s good but not
Character Arcs Rise and Fall
Part of the editing process is considering how character arcs rise and fall in the course of the novel. Movement,
Plugging a Plot Hole
Writing across a series, rearranging the jigsaw pieces often reveals some missing; that means plugging a plot hole. Or several.
The Professional Working Draft
Never mind that I’m 65% through editing and still don’t know if the novel is any good: do I have
Three Scales of Character
Some of the takeaways from Brandon Sanderson’s 2020 lectures include his three scales of character. Sanderson’s three scales of character
Sanderson on Character
Another gem from the BYU online writers’ course features author and lecturer Brandon Sanderson on character. In this lecture, Sanderson
Do Readability Scores work?
Some seventy years on, the Flesch readability test is used by marketers, policy writers and bloggers; but do readability scores