Self-editing masterclass snapshots – do you have a plot or a premise?

Once again, Roz Morris shares her experience and clears up a common misconception of “apprentice” writers…

Nail Your Novel

This is part of an ongoing series of the smartest questions from my Guardian self-editing masterclass for novelists. Previous posts have discussed how much extra material we might write that never ends up in the book, or handling the disappearance of a key character. The full list is here.

Today I’m looking at another interesting problem, one that might be especially usef...