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eemontgomery11

Apr 4, 20232 min read

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CHARACTER ARCS: WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO MAP THEM TO A PLOT. PART 2.

Milestones and impact A character’s personality can have a huge impact on they way they traverse their arc in a story, as much as the way...

eemontgomery11

Feb 26, 20234 min read

Writing

THE EDITING PROCESS: PROOFREADING

For me, the proofreading stage is the easiest and most enjoyable stage of editing a book. I love digging through the pile of words to...

eemontgomery11

Jan 14, 20234 min read

Writing

THE COPY EDITING PROCESS

We’ve just completed a major structural edit and a continuity edit on a novel. By now, all the action and character development in your...

What the new year holds: goals and resolutions

eemontgomery11

Dec 31, 20224 min read

Writing

What the new year holds: goals and resolutions

I always begin my new year with goals, not resolutions. New year’s resolutions can be a huge thing but I find they don’t work unless...

Step-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 5: now you can edit, rewrite, write

eemontgomery11

Nov 19, 20222 min read

Writing

Step-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 5: now you can edit, rewrite, write

What’s next in our journey to edit the structure of a novel? To recap: we’ve completed a scene map, mapped the scenes to the story...

Step-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 4: personalise your structure, create an outline

eemontgomery11

Nov 5, 20223 min read

Writing

Step-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 4: personalise your structure, create an outline

What is it about your story that makes it stand out from others? Make this individuality shine through from the bones – the structure....

Structural edit step-by-step guide. Step 3: mapping the scene map and structure to character arcs

eemontgomery11

Oct 22, 20223 min read

Writing

Structural edit step-by-step guide. Step 3: mapping the scene map and structure to character arcs

At this point in the editing process, I thought I could start working on the MS again. I didn’t. I made myself pause and consider...

Step-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 2: mapping the scene map to a structure

EE Montgomery

Oct 8, 20226 min read

Writing

Step-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 2: mapping the scene map to a structure

A step-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 2: mapping the scene map to a structure.

Step-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 1: create a scene map.

EE Montgomery

Sep 23, 20223 min read

Writing

Step-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 1: create a scene map.

A step-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 1: create a scene map

EE Montgomery

Sep 2, 20222 min read

Writing

Editing - just do it

I've been working on the third book on the Dragon Gods series. Opal Tears, and I'm currently deep in a major structural edit.