by Cathy Yardley | Craft
When I revise my work, or when I’m editing someone else’s work, there are two main elements I consider. The first is story structure: what the story is. The second is reader experience. This is how the story is told. Structure first. When I revise, the...
by Cathy Yardley | Craft
One of the things I often catch when I’m editing a manuscript is the dreaded “show, don’t tell.” The story’s going along swimmingly, then suddenly you hit a sand trap of several lengthy paragraphs of exposition. Sometimes, I...
