Anjuelle Floyd

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  • The Developmental Editor, The Copy Editor

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    A poorly written story or a novel with gaps in plot structure or characters that act incongruent to the personality established at the outset of the work are like a movie that appears fuzzy on the screen, out of view and unfocused. Developmental editors like Linda Beed can spot these malfunctions in story and suggest…

  • Dialogue: More than Conversing

    Dialogue: More than Conversing

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    Dialogue has to show not only something about the speaker that is its own revelation, but also maybe something about the speaker that he doesn’t know but the other character does know. –Eudora Welty Good dialogue accomplishes 4 things in fiction: reveals and develops character delivers backstory drives Plot directs pace But there are more…

  • Why Reading is Important

    Why Reading is Important

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    I’ve received several comments on my blogs concerning Dan Brown. They were all positive, the readers saying they had added Angels and Demons to their reading list. I wrote to one person in response to their comment that: I find that reading a work that displays the element of craft I am trying to incorporate…

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