by Kayleigh | Oct 28, 2022 | Editing Tips, Publishing Tips
I met with the head of a literary agency last week (because: work) and we were talking about NaNoWriMo. This person told me they are already preparing for the influx of submissions “because people just write and send it out, they don’t take the time to edit.” I... by Kayleigh | Oct 28, 2022 | Editing Tips
I saw a comment in a Facebook group from an editor trying to convince a writer to skip the developmental edit because a line edit is “basically the same thing.” 🚩🚩🚩 This is bad advice! Both line editing and developmental editing are valuable BUT have a different... by Kayleigh | Oct 14, 2022 | Writing Tips
First-person POV opens you up to the fun of an unreliable narrator. Because we lose the all-knowing perspective of third-person omniscient, first-person allows for info to be withheld (deliberately or not) or skewed through the character’s experiences or reader... by Kayleigh | Oct 7, 2022 | Writing Tips
Your story doesn’t have to be told in order. Plenty of wonderful books aren’t. But if time is shifting (flashbacks, flash-forwards, flash-sideways) then you as the writer need to spend extra time and attention ensuring your reader doesn’t become lost and...
