by Rebecca Copeland | May 22, 2024 | Mystery Fiction
“Never start a novel with a dream,” the experts say. Some go even further and caution against including dreams at all—unless you’re writing fantasy or magic realism. Why? Because, they say, dreams are illogical. They jump from one image to another with no rhyme or... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Mar 1, 2023 | Mystery Fiction
Editing a manuscript can be painful. You have to be willing to cut passages that you have labored over for days, sometimes longer. Some great writer equated this process to “murdering your darlings.” You’ll hear some attribute this quotation to Ernest Hemingway....
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