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June 2013
- 8 Promises You’re Making to Readers – and Then Breaking: These promises range from the big one at the top of the list (“I promise this will be a good read”) to a number of smaller ones along the way.
- Exclusive Dialogue: When Readers Don’t Know What Your Characters Are Talking About: Think of exclusive dialogue as an inside joke. You and your characters know what’s being talked about—but your poor readers are left out in the cold.
- Are You Over-Thinking Your First Draft?: We can start getting all obsessive-compulsive about creating a perfect first draft – and we end by totally psyching ourselves out.
- How I Self-Edit My Novels: 15 Steps From First Draft to Publication: A top-to-bottom editing process: from first draft to publication.
- A Surefire Sign You’re Over-Explaining: Over-explaining can manifest in several ways, but the core of the problem is always repetition – and it’s usually symptomatic of authorial insecurity.
