Archive for October, 2008

Writing sensibly and repeating words

By Les
Writing sensibly and repeating words

Okay, time to pull my head out. I must have read this small excerpt half a dozen times before it caught my eye. I’m sure an editor or agent would have read that, rolled his or her eyes and put the manuscript back into the S.A.S.E.
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Thoughts on character names

By Les
Thoughts on character names

We’ve been talking a lot lately about characters’ names in a young adult novel. This may seem trivial, but we’ve discussed this subject so many times...At one point, the discussion grew so burdensome we set a few ground rules for ourselves with respect to character names.
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