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5 Common Writing Problems That May Get Your Young Adult Manuscript Rejected

April 5, 2013 by KristiCook 8 Comments
writing problems get young adult manuscript rejected

There are a number of reasons your young adult manuscript might be getting rejected by literary agents and editors. Lately, though I’ve noticed a series of common writing problems popping up in a lot of young adult manuscripts that might get them rejected.  Does yours suffer from any of the following? Read on to see. 5 … [Read more…]

Posted in: By Genre, Pacing, Revision, Writing Craft, Young Adult Teen Tagged: pacing, world-building, yalit, young adult

Writing Tip: Flashbacks in Fiction

July 11, 2012 by Lori Devoti 4 Comments
flashbacks in fiction

Flashbacks are defined as a scene or piece of a scene from a past time that is interjected into an ongoing story. Flashbacks in fiction are usually presented as a memory of the point of view character, and many writers seem quite fond of adding them to their books. The problem with flashbacks is that … [Read more…]

Posted in: Pacing, Writing Craft, Writing Tips Tagged: flashbacks, how to write flashbacks, pacing

Disaster and Dilemma, How to End a Chapter and Increase Pacing

August 1, 2011 by Lori Devoti 3 Comments
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How to end a chapter? What’s the big deal? When everything is all tied up, you move on, right? No. In fact, everything shouldn’t be “all tied up” until the very end. In the body of your story, there should never be a place where everything is 100% good. Sure, the characters can think things … [Read more…]

Posted in: Pacing, Scenes, Writing Craft, Writing Tips Tagged: dilemma, disaster, goals, how to end a chapter, how to end a scene, pacing

Motivation Reaction Units – pacing and character

May 23, 2011 by Lori Devoti 13 Comments
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When I first started writing, I’d never heard of motivation reaction units (MRU). What I did know, though, was sometimes things just didn’t seem to flow. Sections of prose would feel awkward and just not right. So I would re-read and re-word until they did. Even after I did know what motivation reaction units were, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Pacing, Writing Craft, Writing Tips Tagged: characters, motivation, MRU, pacing, scenes

How to Improve Pacing in Writing with Word Choice

February 11, 2011 by Kathy Steffen 2 Comments
improve pacing in writing with word choice

The words you use, and the order and way you use them, makes a huge difference when you are trying to improve pacing in writing. This applies to any type of fiction—when you write a book or short story, the details definitely matter! When your final product is in the hands of a reader, you … [Read more…]

Posted in: Pacing Tagged: pacing, page turning novel, revision, writing tips
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