Great advice.
Writers In The Storm welcomes back double RITA finalist, Kara Lennox, a.k.a. Karen Leabo. Don’t miss Kara’s writing tips the first Friday of every month.
Here are the links for Parts 1-7:
Part 1 – Your Premise Isn’t Compelling
Part 2 – How To Fix a Weak Opening
Part 3 – A Lack of Goals
Part 4 – Is Your Conflict Strong Enough?
Part 5 – Raising The Stakes
Part 6 – 5 Tips To Help Improve Your Story’s Pacing
Part 7 – Pick up the Pace
by Kara Lennox
Sometimes, I read a manuscript and think, I’ve read this before.
I can almost predict the next line of dialogue. There is nothing on the page to surprise and delight me.
This a tricky situation, because editors say they want new, fresh voices, but they tend to buy familiar stories. The trick is, to tell a familiar story…
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Thanks for the blog love, Ella. Kara is not only an amazing writer (double RITA finalist!) but her blogs have great, instantly-usable advice.
-Fae Rowen
Hi Fae,
I agree. Thanks for having great post that I can re-blog.