Nature, novelties & novels | Winner of the 43rd annual @3daynovel contest | UNREST, a dark comedy about a road-tripping mortician, is out now. 👇👇👇
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Thank you so much to @fictionophile for reading and reviewing UNREST.
"Unrest" by Emma Côté - Book Review #NovNov23 #Unrest @emmacoteauthor @AnvilPress #Novella #BookReview #NovellasInNovember @cathy746books fictionophile.com/2023/11/12… via @fictionophile
Emma Côté | Author retweeted
Now open: Nominations for the WIPO Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award 2023🏆
The award recognizes publishers and initiatives working to improve access to books for persons who are blind or print disabled
Make nominations at ow.ly/wnOe50Pbysl
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Emma Côté | Author retweeted
Even w/ the best story idea, compelling characters & a solid plot, your story won’t resonate if the writing falls flat.
In editing hundreds of novels, I’ve compiled 5 common examples of weak writing I often see, so you can identify & correct them in your own WIP (#amwriting 🧵):
I'll take two!!
Very, very excited that this will be out in the world in October! Pre-orders are available now (which I am very grateful for). Many, many thanks to @cstarnino and @VehiculePress!
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Readers or Twitter, how much exposition and backstory do you like at the beginning of a novel, if any? #amreading #amwriting #readingcommunity
Emma Côté | Author retweeted
Here’s one mistake I see in almost every novel I edit: too much narrative distance, or space between the reader & the characters/events in the story.
Here are three ways you could be creating narrative distance & weakening your manuscript – without even realizing it (a 🧵):
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