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Self-editing
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You read it again and again, repeating in your mind: I thought I was showing. This looks like showing to me! So, how do you get out of the show, don’t tell trap? Read on.
Last weekend at the Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival, I spoke with several writers who have gotten stuck in the middle of their book–what I call the ‘soggy middle.’
In the best stories, plot and character are so intricately linked that you couldn’t pull one out without the whole thing unraveling. If you can, it’s going to lead to “can’t connect” or “didn’t love it.” This is called the plot – character connection.
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