Pace and plot

Look at a children’s book that you have enjoyed and is of similar length to the one you are writing.

See if you can take apart the...

Although chapter summaries are more often used for writers of non-fiction when they are putting together their submission materials, writing a...

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Over the years I’ve struggled with this question, finding it impossible to judge my own work. Adept at knowing when someone else’s manuscript hits...

I’d worked in publishing for twenty years before I realised that I didn’t know that much about writing.

When I studied English my...