12 Revision Suggestions Not to Follow

Make this more like Twilight, Harry Potter, insert trendy book title here.

Needs more sex, teen angst, or a love triangle.

Dumb this down because your teen readers won't be able to get it.

Make your villain bigger, badder, uglier—and generally less human.

Make this character white.

This fantasy needs more wild and crazy magic.

Add a climactic scene with world-ending stakes.

Make your characters more manly/womanly

Add more sword fighting

Make the character more perfect at the beginning

Start the story with action!

Add a prologue