Romy Sommer

My list of 30 tips for copy editing your own work

This is the third and final post in my series of tips on how to write lean and mean, and how to reduce the word counts in our novels.

Lean writing is an art form, one that takes practice to achieve. It is writing that doesn't draw attention to itself, but flows easily,

Lean writing is an art form, one that takes skill and practice to achieve. Lean writing is the kind of writing that doesn’t draw attention t

As important as the rest of your book is, if you haven't managed to hook the editor / agent / reader in those first few pages, all the r

Having a clear idea of what your characters' conflicts are and how they're going to overcome them is the basis of your character arc