A Novel’s Nine Opening Promises
A recent writing craft video by the ‘Bookfox’ considered a novel’s nine opening promises. What promises should an author make? […]
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A recent writing craft video by the ‘Bookfox’ considered a novel’s nine opening promises. What promises should an author make? […]
What makes a good first draft of a novel? The key essential: completion. Until you finish the first draft, you
There are more than five first draft mistakes you can make in a novel. But I read through editor Ellen
First-page speed-dating; full of nervous anticipation you sit down knowing nothing about the ‘date’ in front of you. Will your
Working hard to complete Book Three, I’m building on the foundations of a Dirty Draft. But what exactly do I
A question or an obsession; how do I write a strong opening chapter? How do I hook the reader and
Navigating a path from start to finish of a novel can be hard for both plotters and free-writers; enter the
Never mind that I’m 65% through editing and still don’t know if the novel is any good: do I have
How many drafts does it take to get out of the edit toward a published book? Book One is still
While I don’t use Fictionary‘s software tool itself, I’ve learned to construct the grandmother of spreadsheets to track their editing