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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.
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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