Conveying Music and Dance in Fiction: Final Touches to Your Manuscript

The author of Duet for One (Regal House Publishing, May 2025) recommends rigorous revision strategies as writers polish their manuscripts.
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The author of Duet for One (Regal House Publishing, May 2025) recommends rigorous revision strategies as writers polish their manuscripts.
“Everything will take longer than you feel like it should, and this is a gift.” —Rickey Fayne, author of The Devil Three Times
The author of Duet for One (Regal House Publishing, May 2025) recommends writers research vocabularies specific to their characters’ lives to ensure the novel’s world feels believable.
The author of Duet for One (Regal House Publishing, May 2025) recommends writers discover their structure as they write.
“Intuition is enough.” —Marie-Helene Bertino, author of Exit Zero
“The short story form offers me a way to indulge my obsessions and experiment with various genres and narrative modes.” —Julia Elliott, author of Hellions
The author of Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird (Norton, 2025) encourages writers to consider a deeper definition of diversity and embrace alternative storytelling styles and structures.
“Editing down is something I dread in the abstract because I know I can lose motivation easily. But this book has ingrained the lesson in me fully.” —Dennis E. Staples, author of Passing Through a Prairie Country
The author of Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird (Norton, 2025) recommends writers embrace circuitous storytelling structures, typical of nonwestern literature.
“The magic happens in the writing, on the page. That’s the high.” —Mariam Rahmani, author of Liquid: A Love Story