Welcome to part 2 of this article. In part 1 (which you can read here), we talked about specific details you can search for in your manuscript that will indicate whether or not it’s time to hire a professional editor. In part 2, we’ll be looking at five more signs, but this time we’re moving
There are many obstacles in the path of a dedicated author. Writer’s block is the most famous – that seemingly unbreakable stasis in which some authors find themselves unable to pen a single constructive word – but it’s not the only one. Another, perhaps more common, is being able to write but simply not knowing
Zadie Smith is one of those writers whose success story is so staggering that you can’t help but resent her a little. Her first novel, the wildly successful and intimidatingly brilliant White Teeth, was published when Smith was just twenty-four, and it’s rumored she received a £250,000 advance based on only a synopsis and two
If there’s one writer who’s (thankfully) incapable of shutting up about the writing process, it’s beloved American horror icon Stephen King. In his fantastic and much-quoted On Writing, he says, The first draft of a book – even a long one – should take no more than three months, the length of a season. –
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