The Writer's Chatroom Topic Chat: Editor's List of Novel Shortcomings
Published: Wed, 04/30/14
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Super-agent Donald Maas asked developmental editor Alan Rinzler what the #1 shortcoming was in manuscripts. Alan gave a short but comprehensive answer:
"I see disorganized stories of excessive complexity...intrusive narrative voices that come between the reader and the story by inserting ongoing commentary, explanation, and interpretation...a failure to research and do the homework necessary to come up with something truly original and not reinvent the wheel...two-dimensional stereotype characterization...dialogue that all sounds like the same person."
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