Some basic tips on editing your manuscript.
Author: samurainovelist
Japanese writer struggling to write a novel in English. My first published story was the flash fiction "Chocolate Soup" in the anthology "Opus 22" by Melius Scripto Press published in 2017.
(The ivory dragon on my avatar is a netsuke by the carver Rakuchu. I also carve netsuke as a hobby.)
Writing Good Dialogue (2)
Good dialogue is never about words that come out of a character's mouth.
Rules for the Second Draft (3)
The goal of the second draft is to make a book the reader cannot put down.
Writing Good Dialogue
It's not what your characters are saying that counts. It's what they are not saying.
Back Story Blues
Sometimes, a movie can teach you how to write back story into your novel.
Rules for the Second Draft (2)
What a second draft is, and how it should be written.
Rules for the Second Draft (1)
Turing your NaNoWriMo novel into a second draft.
Untitled Novel (1)
This is the prologue to the story I was writing a little while ago before my life took a crazy turn.
Tricks to Overcome Stuckness Part 5
Part 5 of tricks to overcome stuckness.
Tricks to Overcome Stuckness Part 4
Some more write's block buster tricks.
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