Writing Mechanics: To Paragraph or Not to Paragraph
Today editor Christy Distler continues our look at Fatal Flaw #12: Flawed Writing Mechanics. We’ve looked at how novels are structured…
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How Writers Can Trap Sneaky Weasels
This week editor Christy Distler takes on this month’s Fatal Flaw #11 – Pesky Adverbs and Weasel Words. This month…
Writers: Beware of Body Parts Behaving Badly
This month our editors are tackling Fatal Flaw #10 – Description Deficiencies. Too many manuscripts are lacking essential description–of characters,…
Avoiding Underwriting-Induced Magic
This month our editors are tackling Fatal Flaw #9—Underwriting. We looked at the perils of overwriting early in the year,…
Unnecessary Discourse, Talking Heads, and the British Butler Syndrome
Today editor Christy Distler tackles further pitfalls of dialog in our month-long look at Fatal Flaw # 8: Flawed Dialog…
Tension and Pacing Through Conflict and Emotional Narrative
This month we’ve been attacking Fatal Flaw #7—Lack of Pacing and Tension. Tension is crucial in a story. Without it, readers…
Where’s the White Space?
Editor Christy Distler continues our examination of Fatal Flaw: # 6 Show, Don’t Tell. Writers often succumb to this fatal flaw…
Problematic POV—Characters’ Names, Thoughts, and Senses
This month we’re looking at Fatal Flaw # 5: POV Violations. Fiction writers often violate POV “rules,” and have trouble seeing how…
The Two-Edged Sword of Backstory in Dialog
This week editor Christy Distler tackles Fatal Flaw #4—Too Much Backstory. In this month’s posts, we’ve been looking at the…
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