What is your best craft tip for aspiring authors wanting to submit to an agent? 90% of writing is rewriting. I don’t know that it ever gets easier, but I know that the more you learn to self-edit and polish, the stronger you’ll be at those skills. Follow this link to...
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"Revision is your friend. Nobody writes a perfect first draft. It's in the rewrites where you turn an ordinary story into something special. Don't be so in love with your words that you're afraid to cut them. If they don't serve the story, they have to go. It doesn't...
"One of the most important things I've learned during my years trying to get published is that things in publishing happen very fast or very, very slowly. Sometimes I was so keen to follow up on a lead or a request that I'd forget to take a deep breath, read through...
"Grammar matters. So does punctuation. Seriously, they do, and your future editors don't exist to fix them for you. Editors reject books that need basic grammatical polishing even if the story's good. But here's the awesome part. The correctness of grammar and...
"Find a good critique partner (or two) that you trust and work closely with them. A second set of eyes to view your work and give input is invaluable." Visit Ashley Ladd's website at www.ashleyladd.com Purchase one of her releases or read excerpts at Ashley Ladd's...
