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A selection of my writing craft and critical reader advice blogs.
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Writing ‘Diverse’ Characters Part 1: Big Don’ts
Society having deep seated roots in racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism etc, its easy for writers to perpetuate prejudices we've been exposed to all our lives in our writing -unconsciously. Part one of this blog aims to help you evaluate your consciousness of a range of problematic representation, and to avoid perpetuating prejudice when writing marginalised identities you personally don't share.
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Editing a Novel: Scene & Line Edit Tips
If your characters and overall story structure are good to go, its time to check your writing is clear and engaging in each scene and line. Read on for a list of the main scene and line edit tips I’ve given fellow writers feedback on, as their critical reader.
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Literary Agent
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Editing a Novel: Character Development Checklist
If your characters and overall story structure are good to go, its time to check your writing is clear and engaging in each scene and line (whether you're preparing to query literary agents, submit to small presses or self publish). Read on for the main scene and line edit tips I’ve given fellow writers feedback on, as their critical reader.
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Becoming an Indie Author (Part 2: Book Launch)
This is the book launch section of this two part blog series. It covers boosting your author platforms, creating author profiles, introduces some promo sites, spans choosing to publish KU or wide, setting up a street team, book formatting and uploading to online book stores.
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Secondary Characters
First Draft
Big Picture
Main Characters
Editing a Novel: Character Development Checklists
You’ve just finished the first draft of your novel; what now? First, I’d check the big picture. Does your main character and antagonist develop and do the stakes increase throughout? Do you have a fully rounded antagonist and secondary characters? Do you have realistic tension in relationships? Is each chapter earning its place in your story? And is the tone (relatively) consistent? This checklist will help you evaluate character development, arcs and story tension throughout your novel.
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Act 2 Critical Reader Checklist
The middle of a novel is an easy place for characters, themes, plots and subplots to get lost, or to go on unnecessary tangents. Critical reader questions in this post will help generate reader feedback to support the writer in keeping Act 2 on track, and ensuring they give the reader a good experience. #CritiquePartners #BetaReaders #WritingCraft #WriterHelp #WritingAdvice #WritingCommunity
A checklist of questions to support your #BetaReaders and or #CritiquePartners in providing with you feedback to make your Act 3 a rewarding read. #CritiquePartners #BetaReaders #WritingCraft #WriterHelp #WritingAdvice #WritingCommunity
Act 3 Critical Reader Checklist
A checklist of questions to support your #BetaReaders and or #CritiquePartners in providing with you feedback to make your Act 3 a rewarding read. #CritiquePartners #BetaReaders #WritingCraft #WriterHelp #WritingAdvice #WritingCommunity
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12 Tips for Critical Reader Partnerships
6 tips for positive and 6 tips for productive partnerships with critical readers & critique partners. #CritiquePartners #BetaReaders #WritingCraft #WriterHelp #WritingAdvice #WritingCommunity
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Reflective Questions
Story Development
Acting
Act 1 Critical Reader Checklist
Reflective questions to guide critical readers in giving well rounded feedback on Act 1 (character & story development, pacing & more). #CritiquePartners #BetaReaders #WritingCraft #WriterHelp #WritingAdvice #WritingCommunity
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Finding Critiques
Finding effective free and paid novel critiques plus tips on identifying if you've truly finished editing your novel. #BetaReaders #CritiquePartners #Editing #WritingCraft #WritingAdvice #WriterHelp
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World Building: Food & Fashion
Questions to help you reflect on how climate, geography, seasons and trade may impact food and fashion in your SFF world. #WorldBuilding #FantasyWriters #SciFiWriters #WritingAdvice
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9 Tips for the First 5 Pages
Opening pages are crucial. Yet as a critical reader, the main advice I’ve given is to delete or re-write whole paragraphs. To help you edit, plan or write your opening pages in a clear and engaging way, I unpack 9 sets of reflective questions. #WritingCraft #WriterHelp #WritingAdvice #WritingCommunity
Questions to guide critical reader feedback on how engaging, well-paced and easy/difficult to follow they find your opening chapter. #CritiquePartners #BetaReaders #WritingCraft #WriterHelp #WritingAdvice #WritingCommunity
Critical Reader Chapter 1 Checklist
Questions to guide critical reader feedback on how engaging, well-paced and easy/difficult to follow they find your opening chapter. #CritiquePartners #BetaReaders #WritingCraft #WriterHelp #WritingAdvice #WritingCommunity
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Query Letter
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Writer Resources
Great inks from writing craft & story structure, through editing & working with critical readers, to querying, publishing and building an author platform. #Pitch #QueryLetter #LiteraryAgents #WritingCraft #WriterHelp #WritingAdvice #WritingCommunity