Self-editing masterclass snapshots: Characters are grief stricken – how do I stop that becoming monotonous?

Alexander M Zoltai:

Roz really comes through in this Re-blog…

She brings up what John C. Gardner called “Profluence”—part “Pacing”, part “Progress”…

Originally posted on Nail Your Novel:

I’m running a series of the smartest questions from my recent Guardian self-editing masterclass for novelists. Previous posts have discussed how much extra material we might write that never makes the final wordcount, and how to flesh out a draft that’s too short. Today I’m looking at an interesting problem of...