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Old manuscript12/16/2023 ![]() ![]() Something made you stop working on this manuscript, and it’s better to address it now and find ways to fix it than to run into the same problem again. Maybe you lacked a skill to get the story in your head onto the page. Remind yourself why you stopped working on it. Here are five steps to help you fix an old manuscript.ġ. Instead of forcing our distracted muses to develop brand-new material, why not pull out one of those abandoned manuscripts and see if you can bring it back to life? Now is a good time to return to old work.įor many of us, our brains can’t quite handle creating a new novel right now, and that’s okay. ![]() They languish on hard drives waiting to be rediscovered. That early starter novel before we knew what we were doing, a great idea we weren’t able to make work back then, the novel of our heart we just couldn’t find a home for. Not every idea or manuscript makes it to “finished,” and some ideas we just can’t let go of no matter how many books we write. Unless you’re writing your first novel, I’d wager every writer has an abandoned or half-finished manuscript they’d like to go back to one day. Just because a manuscript is old, doesn’t mean it isn’t worth going back to. ![]() If you have a story or a novel stuffed in the proverbial closet, she’s got the solution to help you rescue and revive it!Ī 5-Step Plan for Salvaging an Old Manuscript She’s the award-winning author of the teen fantasy trilogy The Healing Wars and the founder of Fiction University. Today I’m delighted to welcome Janice Hardy to the blog. Tomorrow’s post features the poet Erik Fuhrer and his article “Writing Poetry During the Pandemic.” If you have an idea for a post, message me on Twitter. This week, I’m bringing back Write Now! Wednesdays, an almost weekly feature highlighting writing craft and exercises. ![]()
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