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 identify my theme and use it to guide my revisions. I should have several examples of the theme throughout … 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 focus on making the most of POV and examine how my characters see the world around them. … 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’s focus is on making sure the backstory is both necessary and entertaining for my readers. I am to focus … 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’s assignment is to know what my characters look like and see if I need to add or … 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’s focus is on fleshing out my characters. Are they believable, likable or compelling, and if not, what might … 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). The first week of editing is finished and I survived. Yay! Today I am checking my narrative drive in … 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’s focus is on fixing any low stakes so what my characters do actually matters to them and the readers. … 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’s assignment is all about making sure there is enough conflict and tension throughout the book to keep … 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’s assignment is to tackle any weak or missing goals and make sure the character motivations are clear, logical 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 was asked to look at each scene in my story and decide if it contained goals, conflict, … Continue reading