Pagewake
Cae HawksmoorFor writers of fantasy and science fiction who want to deepen their craft and rekindle their wonder. Advice from a developmental editor and story guide.
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Goals: Your Narrative North Star (Scene Alchemy #1)
You don’t need to spend thousands to start editing your novel. You just need to know where most stories go wrong.
After six years as a developmental editor, more than 95% of the books I work on suffer from the same issue.
This series is a...
I didn’t believe in writing communities. Then I started one
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“This writing is trash. It reads like an emo kid’s wet dream.”
I was so proud of that story. But in the space of a few moments, a stranger in a writing group burned it all to dust.
Later, a moderator messa...
Why Your Fight Scenes Feel Boring (And How to Fix Them)
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As a developmental editor, I’ve edited dozens of fight scenes. And most of them have the same problem.
On the surface, they have everything: action, danger, high stakes. And yet so many of them feel crowded...
If Stories Were Your First Safe Place, This Is For You
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Stories are a sanctuary to those who need it most.
For many of us, reading was our first escape from a cruel and hostile world. Later, we started writing, just so we could build our own sanctuaries from words...
When First Person Feels Distant (and Third Feels Close)
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One of the biggest problems my editing clients have is when they can feel something is wrong with their story, but can’t put their finger on exactly what it is. A lot of the time, they’ve received vague, unhel...
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