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Prose Critique #35
Welcome to Prose Critique, in which I critique a volunteer’s excerpt for grammar and style. My goal is to help writers learn to convey meaning in the boldest, clearest, most interesting way possible.
Would you like your work featured in my...
"My spine pressed into my throat." Please stop writing emotion this way.
In the manuscripts I critique, I often come across odd phrases like “my spine pressed into my throat” and “fear twisted my ribcage.” And I worry for the characters subjected to these tortures. Spines should not migrate. Ribcages should main...
Query Club
In which I critique your query letters
Welcome to Query Club! Thank you to Anonymous for sending in a query letter for critique.
How To Set Up A Great Payoff (Without Being Obvious)
A subtle set-up leads to a more emotional payoff
ICYMI: I’m open for critiques! I’m sold out of longer critiques, but if you have 10-30 pages you’d like feedback on, you can purchase a critique here.
How Will You Prove You Didn't Use AI To Write Your Novel?
You might have heard about the writer who recently missed out on a $2.4 million deal to publish his debut novel after concerns he’d used AI to write it. Or the author whose book was pulled from publication for similar reasons. Or even the w...
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Author of novels from Penguin and Macmillan. Really into thinking deeply about great storytelling.
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