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May 13, 2022 by Wallevand

Tighten Up Your Writing #8

I have a day off from the office and I’m trying to savage my final draft like a drunken barbarian. The Project One manuscript ended at nearly 190K words, and that’s an awful lot for many reasons. It’s a big investment for a reader, not to mention a publisher. It also sets a precedent for […]

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August 24, 2019 by Wallevand

Tighten Up Your Writing #7

While it can feel like extra work, removing unnecessary words will improve the manuscript and train your writing brain to use them less in your next story.

Posted in draft review, Grammar, Writing, writing process | Tagged fiction, novel, Writing, writing process | 1 Comment
March 29, 2019 by Wallevand

Tighten Up Your Writing #6

I used “now” throughout the manuscript, which is odd for a story occurring in the past. #amwriting #amediting #amwritingfantasy #thelostroyals

Posted in draft review, Grammar, Writing, writing process | Tagged fiction, novel, Writing, writing process | 3 Comments
November 11, 2018 by Wallevand

Tighten Up Your Writing #5

Sometimes, many words are preferable, even when a single one would suffice.

Posted in draft review, Work Ethic, Writing, writing process | Tagged fiction, novel, Writing, writing process | 1 Comment
January 1, 2017 by Wallevand

Tighten Up Your Writing (or not?) #4

It’s the first day of a new year, which generally means resolutions and other pledges of life changes, blabbity-blah. This isn’t quite one of those.

Posted in Work Ethic, Writing, writing exercise, writing process | Tagged fiction, novel, writing process | 1 Comment
December 20, 2016 by Wallevand

Tighten Up Your Writing #3

As someone who’s reviewed thousands of pages, I know that many people are satisfied with their first draft.

Posted in Work Ethic, Writing, writing exercise, writing process | Tagged fiction, novel, writing process | 1 Comment
July 27, 2016 by Wallevand

Tighten up your writing #2

Writing a post like this is great because it allows me to show the evolution of the writing, literally as I’m writing it. #thelostroyals

Posted in Writing, writing process | Tagged fiction, writing process | 1 Comment
May 17, 2016 by Wallevand

Tighten Up Your Writing #1

Some words were simply unnecessary; some made the sentence drag; and some were too passive.

Posted in Writing, writing process | Tagged Blaise Pascal, Mark Twain, writing process | 3 Comments
August 5, 2019 by Wallevand

Difficult Choices #1

I’d recently set a target of 3,000 to 4,000 words to keep the reading effort light, while also making it feel like the story kept moving. I was missing the mark.

Posted in draft review, Fantasy, trusted reader, Writing, writing process | Tagged fiction, novel, Stephen King, Writing, writing process | 3 Comments
June 7, 2021 by Wallevand

Editing Exercise – Help that stumbling sentence

My various lives (personal, work, writing) have been busy for the last couple months, so blogging took a back seat for a bit. However, while doing some writing over lunch, I was struck by an idea that led to this post. Many writers will tell you not to stop for proofreading or editing while you’re […]

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