Day 15 – Clean Up the Description and Stage Direction

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 lesson is to make sure my descriptions and stage directions are serving the story and not getting in its way. I … Continue reading

Day 4 – Clarify the Goals and Motivations

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

Day 1 – Analyze the Story Structure

In my previous post I announced that I was going to follow Janice Hardy’s Revise Your Novel in 31 Days at-home workshop. (blog.janicehardy.com) Today’s assignment was to make notes, with no actual revisions, to discover places I may want or … Continue reading