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Simple Writing Rules
PROSE
In order to get your manuscript to publication standard you’ll have to pay attention to –
Articles, verb forms, pronouns, punctuation, prepositions, subject-verb agreements, infinitives, only one type of English, verb tense, spellings, quantifiers, particles and wordiness.
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Many publisher websites ask for work to be proofread and free of grammatical nasties before submission. You're a writer, display that you can write!


Novel building
Fiction facets
Characters – need to be understood, if not liked; motivation
Surprises – taking fiction tropes into new directions, twists, and turns.
Quality writing – voice, tone, humour, grammar
Pace – cliff hangers entice emotions. Tension building, satisfaction
Fiction facets + prose = quality

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