Category: Revision

  • Giving Characters Their Arc

    I’m always hesitant when it comes to a Dramatis Personae list anywhere in a book. What it means to me is this: there are too many characters to handle. It means there are too many threads to follow through to a full conclusion. It means that there is so much information gathered in the text…

  • Believing the "Truth" of Your Own Words: The Enemy of Revision

    “I love tremendous and sonorous words. But his words are too hearty to be true. Yet he is by this time convinced of their truth.” ~V.W. The Waves; the character of Bernard describing the Headmaster and his speeches Have you ever found yourself, whether verbally or silently, responding to a critique/workshop/mentor in a manner similar…