The Manuscript Kitchen
Tisha MartinI value holistic living with a side of adventure. Sharing my writing and editing journey with savvy authors who want to simply be and enjoy life right where they are.
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The Manuscript Soup, Part Three: Knowing When It Is Ready
The hardest question in cooking.
Not how to build the flavor or balance the ingredients or manage the heat. How to know when it is done.
Done is not a number. It is not a timer or a temperature or a checklist completed. It is a quality—so...
What Award-Winning Manuscripts Have in Common
One of the first stories I wrote won an editor’s choice award and posthumously published in an anthology. But it probably wouldn’t have been considered if I hadn’t included one small but valuable ingredient.
Fragrance. The theme of the con...
What Award-Winning Manuscripts Have in Common
I want to be honest about something before I give you the list.
The list does not exist.
There is no formula for an award-winning manuscript. No combination of elements that reliably produces the result. I have judged contests for fourtee...
What Judges Are Looking For in the First Five Pages
DAY 16 · THE JUDGE’S EYE
What Judges Are Looking For in the First Five Pages
The first five pages are the audition.
Not an audition for the whole book—although in a practical sense, what happens in the first five pages determines whether...
Why Book Contests Matter More Than Most Authors Think
DAY 15 · THE JUDGE’S EYE
Why Book Contests Matter More Than Most Authors Think
Most authors think of book contests as validation.
Win one and you have proof that the work is good. The proof can go on the cover, on the website, in the bio...
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Authors, where in The Manuscript Kitchen is your manuscript? Since 2014, I've guided more than 200 authors through the kitchen, dancing with ideas, tasting all the flavor. Come join me?
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