7 Tips to Avoid Overwriting
Repetition. Redundancy. Useless words. All fiction writers fall into the trap of overwriting. We’re lured by the desire to be…
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The Perils of Purple Prose
This post is an excerpt from the book 5 Editors Tackle the 12 Fatal Flaws of Fiction Writing. Robin Patchen…
How Novelists Can Say More with Less
Less is more. More impacting. More riveting. More intriguing. Throughout history, marriages have failed and wars have been won or…
Avoiding the Vague Swamp
This month we’re taking a hard look at Fatal Flaw # 3: Weak Construction. Last week editor Rachel Starr Thomson showed…
The Perils of Purple Prose
We’re wrapping up our look at Fatal Flaw # 1: Overwriting. Fiction writers often overwrite, and have trouble seeing how this manifests in…
Repetition, Redundancy, and Overused Punctuation—Oh My!
We’re continuing our look at Fatal Flaw # 1: Overwriting. Fiction writers often overwrite, and have trouble seeing how this manifests in…
The Devil’s in the Details
We’re continuing our look at Fatal Flaw # 1: Overwriting. Fiction writers often overwrite, and have trouble seeing how this manifests in…
The Forest for the Trees: How to Cure Overwriting
Welcome to our new, exciting course for the year! Four editors are going to delve into The 12 Fatal Flaws…
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