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Title: Still not convinced these work
Subtitle: Beatrix Bobbit is infinitely better than a video but the Bobbits would make a delightful show.
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tips for major and minor revisions
Whenever you decide to make a change in your plot, it's never just one change. If you move a scene, there's lots of new writing that...
editing your high word count
If you love the thrill of a first draft, then the editing might be less thrilling. For NIGHT SOIREE, I set a word count goal of 80,000,...
the last draft (maybe)
I thought finishing a near complete re-write would feel...more exciting? But I finished up my final sentences without much fanfare. Even...
the stories within the story
Before I begin trying to unpack how a story can contain SO MANY stories you didn't even realize what you were writing... Thanks to my...
beta reader feedback
It feels impossible that in the spring of this year I had printed a draft I was happy with and preparing for my first rounds of feedback...
thanks for the drafts
It's done, she whispered. NEVER, Luna replied. YOU WISH, Britt cackled. After a brief hiatus for Thanksgiving, I'm 126 pages away from...
beginning in the middle
Starting in The Middle (not the Jimmy Eat World song). For a while, the beginning of Luna's story was a snooze fest. The stakes weren't...
finding a beta reader
YAY you finished your book after lots of drafts and edits (seriously do not forget to celebrate this)! Then, you DUTIFULLY and bravely...
descriptive but not wordy
Spent the past couple of weeks incorporating new scenes and places into the Protectress after ideas from talking to new readers and from...
third draft thoughts
A third of the way through draft three is feeling pretty surreal. Sometimes, I read something and I'm like, "Go me! I totally tied that...
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