, I recommend Strunk and White’s Elements of Style, Elizabeth Lyon’s Manuscript Makeover, Lajos Egri’s The Art of Dramatic Writing, John Gardner’s Art of Fiction, and William Zinsser’s On Writing Wel
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This book may be perused in its entirety, or consulted like a dictionary.
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Character
Character refers to the people the story is about.
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Plot is what happens.
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Voice
Voice is the storyteller, and what it sounds like.
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Theme
Theme is the idea underpinning your story, and the reason your story is being told.
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I. Premise
Premise is what the story is about, in a few simple sentences.
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I wish we’d had a guide like this in my early writing workshops, because knowing how to talk about fiction helps writers be more helpful to one another.
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In other words, by learning the lingo, you will learn to see your work more technically and revise it better.
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I have noticed that writers improve when they can identify and name their manuscript’s weak spots, and understand how and why those “wobbles” must be repaired.