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Preparing Your Manuscript for Publication with Angela Meyer
Welcome
Introduction
Meet Your Teacher: Angela Meyer (4:43)
Part One: Your Big, Beautiful Idea
Part One Introduction (2:46)
Why Are You the One to Write This Book?
Case Study: Emma Viskic
Exercise: Your Favourite Book
Exercise: The Story You’re Burning to Write
Embracing the Honest Voice
Deciding How to Best Tell Your Story
Is Your Manuscript in its Correct Form?
The Best Way to Tell Your Story
Point of View
Exercise: How Effective is Your POV?
Tense
Exercise: POV and Tense in Your Favourite Book
Rhythm and Pacing
Exercise: Rhythmic Writing
Style
Exercise: Style
Exercise: In Conclusion—All the Ways You Will Tell Your Story
Part Two: Developing Your Manuscript
Part Two Introduction (2:38)
How to Look at Your Manuscript with a Structural Eye
A Layered Structural Edit
Saggy Baggy Bits
Exercise: The Necessity of Every Element in a Scene
Missing Information
Characterisation and Character Arcs
Exercise: Refining Your Protagonist in a Pivotal Scene
Story and World Logic
Conflict and Tension
Types of Tension
Exercise: Conflict and Tension
How to Edit to Enhance Tension
Exercise: Creating Obstacles
Enhancing Tension Continued
Exercise: Your Minor Characters
Further Ways to Enhance Tension
How to Destroy Tension
The Beginning and Ending
Part Two Conclusion
Part Three: Getting Down to Detail
Part Three Introduction (2:17)
The Line Edit vs. the Copy Edit
Specificity
Removing Clichés
Cohesive Imagery
Exercise: Your Favourite Author’s ‘Palette’
More on What to Look Out For
Exercise: Editing Dialogue
Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation
Exercise: Punctuation
Dangling Modifiers
Dangling Participles
Contextual Capitalisation (Proper Nouns)
Which vs That
One Last Consideration
Part Three Conclusion
Conclusion
Submitting Your Manuscript (1:45)
What You’ll Need to Submit Your Manuscript
Which Publisher Would Look at My Book?
Feedback
Thank You
Why Are You the One to Write This Book?
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