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 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). It’s time to see if my characters sound as good as they look. Do they sound like real people and have their … 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). Today’s focus is on fixing any low stakes so what my characters do actually matters to them and the readers. … Continue reading