Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print

by Renni Browne

Linespaces prepare readers for a shift (in time, place, or point of view), so the change in point of view won’t catch them by surprise.

Linespaces prepare readers for a shift (in time, place, or point of view), so the change in point of view won’t catch them by surprise.

When you try to accomplish the same effect twice, the weaker attempt is likely to undermine the power of the stronger one. Inspired by a very gifted novelist-client who is also a gifted writing instructor, we often write a formula in the margin of manuscripts: 1 + 1 = ½.