raddevus‭

What are the criteria an acquisitions editor uses to judge whether or not s/he accepts a manuscript for publication?

0 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by raddevus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

She had green eyes is fine. Readers will undersand that her eye color is still the same since, in real life most people's eyes don't change color. Maybe another example will help. He drove a...

posted 12y ago by raddevus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

Here's an idea: Make Your Story Available Get a google drive account. It's 100% free. write your story and save it on your google drive. share the document via URL -- it's easy to do -- then yo...

posted 11y ago by raddevus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

"You really don't have to place the character's name first," Larry said. John scratched his head. "You mean the reader can probably understand who is saying what without knocking them ...

posted 11y ago by raddevus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

"Show Don't Tell" is an axiom of fiction writing. Here is a short example of why. Example of Telling Bob was feeling sad. Example of Showing Bob picked up the newspaper, read the headli...

posted 11y ago by raddevus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

Top Three : Most Often Confusing Items Not knowing what to show. Why would a writer pick certain details instead of others? Not knowing why structure is important -- it's for readers -- and cons...

posted 11y ago by raddevus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

Character-Driven Story Is Driven From Self-Concept Self-concept is one of the strongest powers on earth. That's because so many people have self-concepts which put them at odds with the world arou...

posted 10y ago by raddevus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

Can you provide list of specific items you use to evaluate whether or not a piece of fiction is good or bad? For example, if you really had to explain why a piece of fiction were terrible what cri...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by raddevus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

Overly descriptive scenes leave me wanting less; I don't read many newer novels because they spend way too many pages describing things instead of developing and telling an intriguing plot w...

posted 9y ago by raddevus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

No. It is entirely impossible to write a novel without using the word 'the'. I cannot even write that previous sentence without using that word, so I can say unequivocally that it is completely 100...

posted 9y ago by raddevus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

The sentence where you explain the following is your way into how it should be done: The story is set on the fictional world and narrated in the eyes of that world’s natives. Now, think abo...

posted 9y ago by raddevus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

One Choice Cuts You Off From All Others This is a common problem for authors since many writers begin writing because they are interested in a number of subjects. However, spending a lot of time ...

posted 9y ago by raddevus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

It's A Colloquialism Among Writers Anne Lamott in Bird by Bird (amazon link), has an entire section named, Shi**y First Drafts. That's where the idea originally got traction. The better way to s...

posted 9y ago by raddevus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

In this case the Computers are the characters (the actors on screen). Narrator Not Necessarily Needed There is no need of a narrator. In this case I imagined the movie camera (the shot) moving ...

posted 9y ago by raddevus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

You asked: Will I be shooting myself in the foot by doing this? Would it preclude the agent to publisher route for which we tend to hope? There are a few salient points to consider here: ...

posted 7y ago by raddevus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭