Editing

Editing Tip #80 – Honing Character Pt. 2: Flaws and Quirks

By M.J. Moores on April 6, 2015 • ( 9 )

Last week I touched on adding the humanity spice to your characters be they good, bad or otherwise. Today I’d like to expand on that notion by adding a few more ingredients to your cooking character. The key element you’ll… Read More ›

Editing Tip #79 – Honing Character Pt. 1: Remembering their Humanity

By M.J. Moores on March 30, 2015 • ( 2 )

We’d all like to think that our characters, especially our main character(s), are perfect just the way we wrote them. It’s starts with a vision (or a full-blown background write-up) and then you let them loose on the page to… Read More ›

Editing Tip #78 – Ditch the Self-Restraint

By M.J. Moores on March 23, 2015 • ( 2 )

As writers there will come a time when you’ve amassed as much knowledge as your brain can (currently) handle regarding composition and editing. You’ll find you just need to focus on what it is you love – writing. Something else… Read More ›

Editing Tip #77 – Structuring Your Book

By M.J. Moores on March 16, 2015 • ( 2 )

You place the words “The End” on your manuscript and you’re ready to begin self-editing. Besides setting your work aside for a while to gain some distance from it (and hopefully a fresh perspective), it’s time to analyze the bones… Read More ›

Editing Tip #76 – Knowing What You’re Doing

By M.J. Moores on March 9, 2015 • ( 0 )

Knowing your limitations and being honest with yourself about them is often hard to do – especially for Indie Authors who often push themselves to the limits because the budget is so tight or non-existent. The best way to find… Read More ›

Editing Tip #75 – Voice Shifts

By M.J. Moores on March 2, 2015 • ( 0 )

There are basically three ways to write a story: One narrator (only see the world through their eyes) More than one narrator (different perspectives on the same situation) On narrator (omniscient – all seeing through some god-like point of view)… Read More ›