- Show don’t tell, EXCEPT in the epiphany
- REMOVE all adverbs and adjectives
- Give each sentence (paragraph, page, chapter) an ARC
- Character IS plot
- Explicate the DESIRES of each character
- Break the inner CORE of each character and create a NEW core
- Describe how events lead each character to lose their IDENTITY (and create a new one)
- Create PUSH-PULL tension between the characters on every page
- Engage all five SENSES in the reader (what does the scene smell/taste/feel/sound of?)
- Use CONVERSATION, not description to illuminate the scene
- BONUS TIP: THROW OUT the first and last chapter of any novel; the first and last two pages of any short story
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