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Cheap Proofreading and Writing Tips – Stuart Harrison

There will never be a better time to write fiction for a living…. Stuart Harrison, author of Snow Falcon. http://www.stuartharrison.com

Don’t talk to the reader This is a fatal mistake, especially when using first person narrative. The reader has paid

Writing tips: don’t pad out the action The sniper climbed up into the bell tower. It was a 16th century

Writing tips: people wearing glasses I once edited a book where the main character ran and dived into a pool,

Writing tips: mixed ownership Every sentence has an owner, that is the key noun or object, the subject of the

Writing tips: breaking speech Dave said, “I know you are pregnant, but we can still go to the concert and

Writing tips: geography and history It is always important to get the geography and history correct. I once edited a

Writing tips: quoting people Dave entered the bar and said ‘hello’ to Susan, who also now said ‘yeah, right’ and

Writing tips: characters with fantastic eyesight As an editor, I often come across novels where the action takes place at