Editing
Quick Tips for How to Write a Synopsis
Tuesday Teachings from the archives: I’ve been going back through the wonderful content on Writer…Interrupted and wanted to share the relevant teaching from past posts! Hope you enjoy this new Tuesday feature!- Gina This is a really quick, easy way to write your synopsis. This is especially easy if you only need to write a chapter-by-chapter…
Fiction Friday: Synopsis writing – spiritual arc/internal conflict
An editor will want to know how your character changes over the course of the book. These days, even characters who remain relatively static—like Stephanie Plum or Hercule Poirot—show some sort of change by the end of the book, maybe in new information or a changed relationship with another character. It’s important to include…
Tips for cutting a synopsis
Tip#1 to cut a synopsis—formatting Check your formatting. Make sure all your margins are 1 inch. Make your header ½ inch from the top. Make your header only one line with the manuscript title, the word “synopsis,” and your last name (e-mail address optional) on the left side, and then the page number (optional) on…
Fiction Friday: Synopsis writing – a few tips
Tuesday Teachings from the archives: I’ve been going back through the wonderful content on Writer…Interrupted and wanted to share the relevant teaching from past posts! Hope you enjoy this new Tuesday feature!- Gina First or third person? Synopses are traditionally in third person, but these days, there are a few in first person. It’s a matter…
Writing is Editing
Writing is editing. You accept that. But do you love it? Well, do you? You’re staring. Am I serious? Love editing? How can I love that? If you want to continue as an author, it’s time you learned. It surprises me how many people only think of editing as a career. Editing isn’t merely grammar and…
Teen Fiction Online Writing Course Next Week!
I’m excited about the teen fiction online writing course I’m offering next week. I’ve wanted to offer online writing courses and webinars for a while, but time, lack of tech-know how, and my personal perfectionism has prevented me from doing so. Last summer I offered THIS writing course in my home to four eager…
The Five Stages of Writing Grief
Receiving a writing rejection can feel as if a part of your dream has died. After one such rejection last summer, I realized I was going through the stages of writing grief. When I was first told by my mentor that I should scrap my 50,000 word WIP and start over, I was in SHOCK…
Top Ten Mistakes in Manuscripts
by Camy Tang 10) Inadequate use of point of view. I’m not talking about head-hopping. I’m talking about a very distant use of point of view that doesn’t get the reader into the character’s head or feeling the character’s emotions. For a first chapter, especially, this is crucial. If the reader isn’t immediately sucked into…
50 Ways to Edit Your WIP
From the Editor: When I signed my first contract in January and agreed to chop 30,000 plus words off my 55,000 word WIP, I knew what I was getting into. Well, sort of. I knew it would be painful to cut that many words. I knew scenes I loved would have to go and be…
Editing: Not Much Harder Than Cutting Off A Leg
by Richard MabryAgent Rachelle Gardner has an excellent Agent Rachelle Gardner has an excellent guest post by editor John Upchurch, who talks about “killing your darlings.” Writers know that this term refers to cutting segments from what you’ve written, even though you may think the words are heartbreakingly brilliant (to borrow a phrase from Randy…
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