I decided I would not only talk about setting but also description. Or maybe they are one in the same. Some people say setting can be as important as a character in your book. It really depends on the story, but whatever role setting plays in your novel, make sure you’re not making one of these common mistakes.
I just completed a first draft of another manuscript. I am caught up on my critique partners' manuscripts, too. I smell a free-tique round coming up tomorrow, do you? Stay tuned…
SNOOP SAYS:
It's about time! Will you bring me a pair of Traffic Cop shoes? I like to spit on them to shine them up. Thanks. (size 12, please.)
Dori Chaconas, author of picture books and easy readers, has just written a great article about rhythm and rhyme for picture book texts. [Read the article, icing the cake->http://www.dorichaconas.com/Icing%20the%20Cake%20page.htm].
Also visit a guest article by Kelly R. Fineman featured on this website. [Read post, how to critique rhyming children’s poems->http://cynthealiu.com/2006/06/06/81/how-to-crtitique-rhyming-childrens-poems/].
As promised, here's the new article on revision…
revision 9-1-1 for novels: plot
SNOOP SAYS:
Revise this: A bunny goes to his salad plate. It's empty. Should he eat the leather sofa? Or finish the destruction of the rug. Hmm…
Here are the typical things I encounter when I review novels, plot-wise.
Story Starts On Page 10. Or 15. or 20.
This just in: I have a lot of writing to do this week. I'll try to post a new article on Friday. But I will have to delay a free-tique round to maintain my sanity. Look for a Traffic Cop round early next week.
Happy writing,
Cynthea
I must run but I just wanted everyone to know a new article is up.
revision 9-1-1 for fiction picture books
Here are the common things I notice when I evaluate picture book manuscripts.
Tuneless Picture Books
Are you ready for some Revision 9-1-1? The only way to fix a problem is to…
What I’ve done here is laid out the most common character issues I’ve seen to date.
Here is where you get to benefit even more from the fruits of my labor. You know all those free-tiques I do? After a while, I notice tendencies among you writers. I’ve seen some of the “issues” enough I’ve given them special names.