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- February 10th, 2012, 12:54 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
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Re: Do you have a new blog post?
Possibly of interest to folks around here, I've been doing sort of a cookbook of my tricks and tactics from about a decade as a book doctor: http://thebookdoctorslittleblackbag.blogspot.com/p/what-book-doctor-is-and-what-this-blog.html Might not be of interest to people just starting out or working ...
- March 26th, 2011, 12:31 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Need some Mojo
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12615
Re: Need some Mojo
Many pros do a "run-up." I.e., start the next draft, revise everything in the direction of good (even if at first all you can do is recast sentences and dump obvious digressions). You need to do that work anyway, and by the time you're at the end of revising, you'll know what goes in the h...
- March 26th, 2011, 12:28 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Can my story goal change mid story
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4621
Re: Can my story goal change mid story
The story goal is there to serve the story; it's not a magic checklist item like something in a grading rubric. Change it when it needs changing. As a reader I generally move on to the next story and don't finish the one in front of me if I can tell it's following all the rules. As a book doctor (an...