Last week we talked about the importance of accurate order within a sentence or paragraph. Today we’re looking at the same type of problem, but when it occurs on a much larger scale: Zigzagging through time as we move from scene to scene within a story. Watch out for this […]
Editing for Accurate Order: 1, 2, 3
This week I want to attack a sneaky problem that sometimes slips into manuscripts: Describing events out of order. Remember our editing goal is to get the right picture into our reader’s head – and that includes helping the reader to see what is happening when. Usually accurate order isn’t […]