2 posts tagged with "line editing"

You’re two chapters from the end when something slows you. Not the plot—your paragraphs. You can feel the weight of sentences that don’t carry anything. They’re along for the ride, and you’re the one pushing the cart.

You don’t need more hours. You need every line earning its place.

You know the feeling: your eyes skate over a paragraph you drafted last night, and nothing sticks. It’s not wrong, but it’s not right either. The words are busy, but the paragraph doesn’t carry weight. You know there’s something good inside it—you just can’t get your hands around it.