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“Another unnecessary usage is what’s called an expletive construction—look for “there is,” “there are,” “there were”—which can be fixed simply by finding the stronger subject within the existing sentence and giving it a better verb to work with: “There were several new clues in the starlet’s hotel room” could be written as “The starlet’s hotel room offered up several new clues.”
― Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts
― Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts
“To name something well can be one way to love it. You will have to love your novel for a long time. So, give it a name you can love, as soon as you can.”
― Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts
― Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts
“If the purpose of a conversation is merely to deliver information, try condensing it as much as possible by converting it into summarized dialogue.”
― Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts
― Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts