Tight Write

One quick tip as you move through your manuscript: economy of words. Every sentence you write is building on your scene, the image that lives in your mind and that you’re transferring to the page. Don’t overdo the plaster work. Instead of …

Pausing, she moved quickly out of the room and dashed down the stairs.

Try …

She dashed out of the room and down the stairs.

Especially in a book, it is not just a sentence on its own. It is part of a structure. Have faith that what you wrote just before this part is clean, concise, and compelling. If you’re not sure, go back and trim.

Build that story!

~Kellyann