The common mark up I give myself when editing my work is “more emotion” or “what are they feeling”. Its a valid note. In my writing I lean towards the mechanics of a scene, positioning of characters, light touches, temperature,… Continue reading

Now, I want to make it clear that this is a personal bugbear of mine – namely, “The Hook” at the end of a chapter. I’m not anti-Hook, but chapters in recent memory are shorter and often used to break… Continue reading