Reshaping Your Story Part 1 | Writing for Children 167
- Author
- Institute for Writers
- Published
- Fri 20 Sep 2019
- Episode Link
- https://www.instituteforwriters.com/reshaping-your-story.aspx
RESHAPING YOUR STORY PART 1
You’ve finished a draft (or several drafts) of a story you’re excited about. You set it aside to cool for several days, then reread it. While you’re still pleased with the story, you have to admit it needs more work—not just polishing, but re-engineering for better pace, suspense, and focus.
If you’re like most writers, you may also find it’s run considerably over the word length you were aiming for, an important consideration if you’re planning to submit the story to editors.
Today we talk about where to begin reshaping your story.
Be sure to catch Reshaping Your Story Part 2 here!
