It's challenging to write about a journey you're still on. That's the way I feel about my writing journey so far. The last time I wrote, I had just started submitting my manuscript to publishers. I could go on and on about this leg of the trip.Eventually I realized I needed to lengthen my 67K manuscript. So I went back over it adding 10K. This is actually an interesting point. How to make a short manuscript longer. I've come up with a few steps that helped me:
1. Look for places where you’ve summarized a scene. Dramatize it instead.
2. Look for scenes where a character has a lot of interior monologue. Bring in a second character for them to talk with.
3. Look for time gaps. What happens in them that you could make into a scene?
4. Add another character. Perhaps someone your main character doesn’t want to see, or wasn’t expecting to see.
5. Add a subplot. Are there any existing characters you could give scenes? Maybe your villain?
So writers and readers ... what say you?
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The CFBA blog tour this week is for Robert Liparulo's Deadfall.Read a great review of the book here.
And read an interview I did with Robert awhile back here.
