Four Notes from an Acquisitions Editor
Here, some notes taken from the last 1000 stories I’ve read as an acquisitions editor. I took a close look at why some stories read […]
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Be Your Own Developmental Editor
Why would an acquisitions editor reject a story by a good writer? The answer is often, I can’t tell what the story is about. This […]
End With a New Beginning
The End: EXT. SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR Vader’s ship spins out of control with a bent solar fin, heading for deep space. INT. DARTH […]
Draft Your 5-Year Plan
Your 5-year plan inspires with big results, as your future success motivates today’s work. “You may wish to write down your 5-year plan for writing, […]
Climbing Mountains, Placing Description. Writing Tips from Pulp Literature Press.
It kills me when I hear readers complain that there’s too much description in a book. In my experience as an acquisitions editor, most “unneccesary” […]
Running with the Theme
Here’s a fun game—spot the theme, as stated in the first half of the first act of the novel or film, usually by a supporting […]
Five Minutes, Five Stories: Pulp Literature Writing Tips
Even at the start of a new tale, it’s worth thinking about the next five stories in your body of work. “Yes, the story I […]
The One Word Writing Tip
Some movie titles resonate over the decades, with just a single word: Greed. Superman. Heist. Memento. Charade. One Great Word I’ve been reading Michael Connelly’s The Crossing. I admire […]
This is the End. Writing Tips at Pulp Literature Press
Sometimes the end of the book seems so far off that a writer starts to feel that fashions will have changed and technology moved on […]
Tough Choices = Character Development
“True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure – the greater the pressure, the deeper the revelation, the truer the […]