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CWM: #6 — Unnecessary details

June 24, 2021

The plot is coming along. We’re getting to an important moment—but wait! I forgot to mention something. Let me write it down because it’s important. But now the reader is wondering why I stopped the story to describe something in the middle of the chapter. As a writer myself, I get it. I’ve wanted to … More CWM: #6 — Unnecessary details

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CWM: #2 — Vagueness for tension

April 29, 2021

A novel I edited once kept saying him and his death for about twenty pages before actually explaining who he was. Instead of feeling a sense of curiosity, I was confused. I kept wondering who he was and why he mattered. I’ve run across this type of vagueness before. Some writers think that leaving information … More CWM: #2 — Vagueness for tension

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