Working on an editing job today (great stuff, Marilyn!), I found some spots where three characters were in the same scene having a conversation. This type of scene will be much more clear in your reader’s mind if you remember to include beats of action. Writing Tip for Today: Use beats, or sentences that convey […]
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Bookmarking Scenes
It’s Sunday but I can’t resist discussing a writer’s recent post to Facebook. Carole McDonnell updated her wall and said she was working on place holder scenes in her novel in progress. What a great way to describe the first-draft novel writing process. What did she mean? To me, Carole referred to scenes that still […]