Aw man, I’m going through some photos from earlier this year, & I found these four Post-Its of writing/publishing advice I keep on my office corkboard, which I haven’t seen since March! This one is the qualities that compelling characters have:
The order in which adjectives must flow for easy reading in English:
The three essential qualities of good book covers:
And good plotting advice: When it feels like nothing is happening in a novel, it’s usually for one of these four reasons.
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