Gryphon Quill
Renee FountainInsight & observations on all things writing and publishing from a publishing industry veteran, current NYC agent, & developmental editor.
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Where to Begin: Finding the True Start of Your Novel
If I had a dollar for every time I heard, “The story really takes off on page 20, 30, 50…” I could retire. My answer is always, “Then that’s where you should be starting.”
If an agent or editor needs to read 40 pages of preamble before fin...
HOW TO WRITE A SYNOPSIS: Hint: It’s Not A Long Plot Summary
After years of reviewing submissions and performing writing critiques, I’ve noticed most writers make the same mistake when writing a synopsis: they treat it like a long plot summary. So instead of showing the story’s underlying structure,...
As You Know, Bob: Avoiding Info Dumps
There’s a scene prevalent in all genres. I doubt any of you have read it in a traditionally published book in the past few years — but agents see it constantly. So it stands to reason you’ve probably written some version of it.
I’ll use an...
The Prologue: Why it Works, Why it Fails, and How to Tell the Difference
For the past few years, the prologue has been knocked around a bit. Some automatically say, “get rid of it”; others are much more tolerant. For me, it’s a matter of whether it serves the story—creating value, rather than cryptic confusion....
Backstory Part 2: Why Your Reader Doesn’t Need to Know What You Know
In September, I wrote about backstory in opening pages, using examples of the things I see most often: the Wikipedia profile, the résumé, the therapy session, the historical timeline. It’s usually the main character arriving on page one wit...
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