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BE Verbs Be Gone

• June 22, 2009 • 11 Comments

Posted in Advice, Editing
Tags: be verbs, chopping block, first draft, novel, placeholders, prose, tweak, writing

Presenting Your Best Stuff

• June 15, 2009 • 8 Comments

Posted in Editing, Finding Agents & Submitting
Tags: agent, beta readers, Editing, polish, querying, reviewers, writer, writing

Make Your Prose Sing & Zing

• April 16, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Advice, Editing, Voice, Texture, Tone
Tags: writer, writing, Kings & Queens, novel, words, voice, prose, book, edit, finding voice, narrative, courtney vail, music, dialogue, song, sing, zing, listening, symbolism, resonance, syntax, zingy, fresh, bursting, alliteration, assonance, personification, inanimate object, hyperbole, voice and texture, compulsion, satanism, wicca, chess, checkmate

Ending with a Bang

• April 1, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in Advice, Editing
Tags: answer, arc, author, bang, beginning, book, characters, climax, duology, ending, goal, novel, resonate, satisfactory, split, story questions, threads, trilogy, unagented, wrapping up, writer, writing

Review And Get Feedback

• February 9, 2009 • 3 Comments

Posted in Advice, Editing, Writer's Tools
Tags: authonomy, author, courtney vail, critique, fanstory, forums, groups, HarperCollins, manuscript, MS, novel, novelist, polish, publishers, readers, review, revision, TNBW, valentines contest, valentines poem, valentines story, winner, writer, writing, writing forums

My Fickle Mind

• November 21, 2008 • 6 Comments

Posted in Advice, Editing, Motivational Boosters, Personal Notes, Voice, Texture, Tone, Writer's Tools
Tags: ability, bleed, celebrity vampire, courtney vail, Editing, ink, kill your darlings, Kings & Queens, rhythm, tone, vampire, voice, writer, writing

The Web You Weave

• October 30, 2008 • 10 Comments

Posted in Advice, Baiting Readers, Editing, Publicity & Your Web Presence, Writer's Tools
Tags: benefits, blogging, contacts, courtney vail, facebook, myspace, niche markets, novel, potential readers, self-published, shoutlife, vital, web, web presence, writer, writing

The Neverending Red Pen

• September 27, 2008 • 5 Comments

Posted in Editing, Personal Notes
Tags: altered, changes, Editing, first chapter, novel, prologue, red pen, writer, writing

Oops, I did it Again. Well, not me, or Britney for that matter, but…

• August 18, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in Editing
Tags: book review, Editing, errors, glitches, Good People, M&Ms, mistakes, oops, writing

The Big Fix

• August 16, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in Advice, Creativity, Editing, Motivational Boosters, Voice, Texture, Tone
Tags: big fix, big idea, climax, end, fixing your story, middle, reassessment, Red Sox, story, trash to treasure, writing

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