The Writer's Chatroom Topic Chat
Published: Wed, 10/10/12
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Agents and publishers want "tight" writing. What the heck does that mean? No, it doesn't mean using a tiny font and single spacing.
Former guest Lois Winston says "Tight writing is key to attracting the attention of an editor or agent. Verbose writing will lead to rejection letters, and you want to do everything you can to prevent receiving one of those."
Lois then gives 15 great tips to tighten up your prose. Read them here: http://fivescribes.blogspot.com/2011/05/write-tight-15-steps-to-avoid.html
Join us tonight to discuss writing tight, for the first hour. We'll take any other questions you may have in the second hour. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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