-
Recent Posts
Archives
- June 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- January 2022
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- February 2020
- April 2019
- January 2019
- January 2018
- December 2017
- August 2017
- March 2016
- January 2015
- June 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- January 2013
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
Categories
Meta
Tag Archives: voice
Writer’s Voice
I’m confused with conflicting ‘advice’ I read from writers who teach other writers (or at least other writers read their advice articles.) This is my thinking: The first thing I often read is to cut unnecessary words from sentences and … Continue reading
‘Perfect never gets published’
‘Perfect never gets published’ was the most motivating advice I read, in the last couple of years. And the more I think about it—it’s definitely true. I procrastinated, for about a decade, about publishing my completed manuscript (A Charming Bequest) … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged A Charming Bequest, Debut novel, experience, marketing fiction, uk writer, voice, writing
Leave a comment
Striving for perfection
Let’s imagine a scenario: I have a completed MS, edited to the best of my ability following advice I have researched: ‘Show don’t tell!’ ‘Just write the damned thing!’ ‘No passive sentences’ … ‘cut adverbs’ … ‘find your own voice’… … Continue reading
MoorScribbles 