voice

Editing Tip #113 – The Vocab Controversy

By M.J. Moores on November 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

Don’t trust someone who claims there’s only one right way to do something. This kind of fatalistic advice (do this or die) will only hurt you in the long run. My ire on the topic (oooo, look, I used a… Read More ›

Editing Tip #109 – Hiring an Editor Doesn’t Mean Losing Your Voice

By M.J. Moores on October 26, 2015 • ( 0 )

Have you ever thought (when you were first starting out) that if you hired a professional editor to do a substantive/content edit or a line/stylistic edit that suddenly your narrative voice was a risk of disappearing? That the manuscript you… 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 #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 ›