Was recently interviewing my good friend and mystery writing colleague, Denise Dietz, for my new podcast called The Novel Experience.
The podcast’s goal is to provide tips, tricks and techniques for fiction writers. Deni offered a terrific idea to improve your fiction writing. After completing the first draft, temporarily change the name of your main character by doing a search and replace.
Re-read your manuscript. You’ll be amazed at how often the new name jumps out at you and could/should be changed to ‘him or her’ or ‘he or she’. Much less intrusive to the reader resulting in a better book.
Thanks, Deni!
More great tips like this coming soon in the premier podcast of The Novel Experience.
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