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Australia's QUEEN of ROMANCE WRITING
Valerie Parv
provides
Six Ways to an Editor’s Heart
(Yes, they
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have one)
BE PASSIONATE ...
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Write what you are enthusiastic about.
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Hook readers with universal experiences.
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Push the emotional stakes to the limit.
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Use the four psychological states – mad, bad, sad & glad.
BE PREPARED TO SHARE YOUR FEELINGS
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Don’t short-change the reader.
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Be open, share pain, joy and struggles.
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Make sure big scenes happen on-stage
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BE A BIG THINKER
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When plotting, think high concept.
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Aim for huge stakes with larger than life characters.
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Have as much as possible at stake.
BE THOROUGH
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Take readers inside a fascinating
place, profession or time period.
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Research the details so they ring true.
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Filter them through the senses and emotions of your
characters.
BE COMMITTED
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Set yourself regular writing goals and try to write every
day if possible.
Bryce Courtenay says writers need to
apply “bum glue”
BE RESILIENT
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Believe in yourself and your talent especially in the face
of rejection.
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Above all, never lose faith in your dreams!
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"We are what
we repeatedly do.
Excellence then,
is not an act,
but a habit."
(Aristotle)
"The difference between
a successful person and others
is not a lack of strength,
not a lack of knowledge,
but rather - a lack of will."
(Vince Lombardi)
"Opportunity is missed by most people
because it is dressed in overalls
and looks like work."
(Thomas Edison)
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