For the past 32 weeks, we’ve been discussing Guthrie’s 32 Rules to Writing A Great Novel. Here is a handy-dandy list of all the articles and links to them, all in one place.
This is a great time to review, especially if you are editing your manuscript.
Please let me know which one you found the most helpful, or if you think this guy is just off his rocker. 🙂
Enjoy!
And Happy Editing!
01- Writing is Subjective – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1yw
02- Oblique Dialog – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1An
03- Whatsa Strong Verb? – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1AK
04- Easy on the Adjectives – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1B8
05- Two for One is not always a good thing – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1Bc
06- The shorter the better – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1Cd
07- Once is enough, Thank you very much. – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1Ci
08- Show, Don’t Tell – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1Cl
09- Just the facts, Ma’am – The important facts – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1Cp
10- Don’t be cute – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1Eg
11- Sound like a writer, without SOUNDING like a writer – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1El
12- Who’s talking now? – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1El
13- Yep. Your Write. Ya gotta change it. – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1Ff
14- Stop “saying” things – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1Fk
15- They’re not psychic – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1Fq
16- Come late, leave early – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1H0
17- Don’t dump on me! – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1H2
18- Goals, anyone? – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1HL
19- Don’t sleep with him/her – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1HP
20- Go ahead, torture ’em! – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1HR
21- The stinkier the better – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1HT
22- The long and short of it – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1IP
23- Stop being all proper – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1Ke
24- Stop feeling! And no thinking! – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1Kp
25- Don’t repeat the tense – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1Kt
26- Cut your weakest player – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1Ky
27- Plant Vegetables, not information – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1KD
28- Keep it to yourself, Jerk! – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1KG
29- No happy shruggers – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1KK
30- Pronouns. Tricky little suckers – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1KM
31- Shoot him later – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1KO
32- Forget about it – http://wp.me/p1HIMV-1KQ
Sure! You just have to be a little more careful to read between the lines. And feeding the fishies always helps
Which begs the question, can one be off one’s rocker and helpful at the same time?
*heads off to feed fishie friends some pre-Christmas nibblies*