I've used the comment "listy" before when giving feedback. What I mean by that is, whatever I'm commenting on feels like a list. The most common is the psychical appearance list. "Bob was six feet tall, had brown eyes, and light brown hair. He wore glasses, khakis, loafers, and a green polo shirt." Okay, I … Continue reading The “Listy” Fiction
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Writing Rule #3
Read. That's right. You want to write well and sell books? Read. Read in your genre to know what's being done, what's been done, and what hasn't been done in a while. You avoid tropes and stereotypes this way. (While searching for agents to query, I found one agent's profile that specifically said "no spunky … Continue reading Writing Rule #3
What Keeps me Reading
That's a fun question - why did a reader choose the novel that she chose? For me, it's a number of things: plot, balance of drama and comic relief, believable characters, clear and purposefully prose - but I think it's the perfect combination of all those things. It's a feeling that I get after the … Continue reading What Keeps me Reading
Beatrice B. Morgan 