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
Matters of Style
Before the time of electronic submissions not listening to this advice was one of the biggest mistakes beginners made. You would laugh your butts off if you had heard some of the stories I have about the manner in which some hopeful authors have submitted their manuscripts. We are talking complete bells and whistles here of the type you would expect from the ad campaign of a major corporation. Everything from fancy, scented paper to puzzle-box packaging, all of it intended to catch the eye and stand out like a psychedelic dream. Unfortunately, all that does is relegate your manuscript to the list of over-drinks stories editors tell.
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Jon is an Englishman transplanted to New Jersey, USA, where he is an ‘author in residence’ at Lakehurst Elementary School. Jon is the founding member of The New Jersey Author’s Network and FindAWritingGroup.com.
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