I recently read that there has been a shift from using BC/AD to CE/BCE to describe a time period. CE can be interpreted as Christian era, common era, or current era, with the BCE interpreted the same way with the word “before” … Continue reading
This is the continued saga of my foray into Janice Hardy’s Revise Your Novel in 31 Days at-home workshop (blog.janicehardy.com). I must have been psychic when I said I was going to give my story one more read through after this workshop … Continue reading
This is the continued saga of my foray into Janice Hardy’s Revise Your Novel in 31 Days at-home workshop (blog.janicehardy.com). Today I am looking for grammatical errors. I am to correct any faulty parallelisms, fix any comma splices, be consistent with serial … Continue reading
This is the continued saga of my foray into Janice Hardy’s Revise Your Novel in 31 Days at-home workshop (blog.janicehardy.com). Today I am on a safari to eliminate unnecessary repetition in my words, phrases and actions. After three weeks of revisions, there … Continue reading
This is the continued saga of my foray into Janice Hardy’s Revise Your Novel in 31 Days at-home workshop (blog.janicehardy.com). Today I am going to focus on misused words and awkward phrases. Some commonly misused words are who/that, few/less, farther/further, which/that, and … Continue reading
This is the continued saga of my foray into Janice Hardy’s Revise Your Novel in 31 Days at-home workshop (blog.janicehardy.com). Today I am getting rid of anything that weakens my prose. If I cut the word, does it make the sentence better? … Continue reading
This is the continued saga of my foray into Janice Hardy’s Revise Your Novel in 31 Days at-home workshop (blog.janicehardy.com). Today I will be searching for any ambiguous pronouns – those pronouns that don’t clearly indicate who or what they are referring … Continue reading
This is the continued saga of my foray into Janice Hardy’s Revise Your Novel in 31 Days at-home workshop (blog.janicehardy.com). Today I will start polishing my novel by eliminating clichés and revising purple prose. Clichés can be any words or phrases that … Continue reading
This is the continued saga of my foray into Janice Hardy’s Revise Your Novel in 31 Days at-home workshop (blog.janicehardy.com). Today is about revising any unnecessary instances of passive voice. In passive voice, the subject of the sentence GETS the action instead … Continue reading
This is the continued saga of my foray into Janice Hardy’s Revise Your Novel in 31 Days at-home workshop (blog.janicehardy.com). Today I will be looking at my chapter transitions to see if there are any rough or jarring areas between scenes and … Continue reading