Jordan McCollum

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Jordan McCollum

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An award-winning author, Jordan McCollum can't resist a story where good defeats evil and true love conquers all. In her day job, she coerces people to do things they don't want to, elicits information and generally manipulates the people she loves most--she's a mom.

Jordan holds a degree in American Studies and Linguistics from Brigham Young University. When she catches a spare minute, her hobbies include reading, knitting and music. She lives with her husband and four children in Utah.
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Editing to Streamline and Strengthen Your Story

I always try to edit my books to streamline and strengthen my prose. Here are my best techniques.

Set a goal

Maybe you really just want to tighten your story, so you don’t have a specific number goal. I think you should set one anyway. Hopefully you’ve learned how wordy you tend to be and how wordy your voice should be, so you can adjust your goal accordingly.

My goal was dictated by word count—I wan

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Published on October 10, 2023 15:25
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“trapped in his past, refusing to move forward. Unless this is a specific part of the character’s arc, a character caught under this mountain of backstory can be painful to”
Jordan McCollum, Character Sympathy: creating characters your readers HAVE to root for

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