Tag: How To Revise
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Plot Problem? Fix It Fast with a Retcon
Sooner or later, every story runs into a little hiccup. As you write, you’ll discover that certain facts don’t fit together anymore. Maybe a character needs to be changed or removed. Maybe you find a plot hole big enough to drive a Mack truck through. Somewhere, in the inner workings of your story, something has…
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How to revise a novel until it’s perfect (or not)
By Laurence MacNaughton Dear Laurence: I recently got a request for pages from an agent that I pitched to at a conference. At the same time, I had also submitted my query to a workshop, and that editor emailed me and requested pages, too. I didn’t realize I would get this kind of response, so…
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How To Revise A Novel
Got writing questions? Get answers! Q: I have a writing question. Actually, a rewrite question. What do you do when you’re so sick of your novel that you just want to tear it into shreds? I’m trying to edit my writing so I can send my novel out to literary agents and publishers. I used…
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