Blogging A2Z Challenge M is for...

 

Meanings: 

Ensure that you have the correct spellings for the words that you are using in your novel, especially if you are using your computers spell checker, so easy to have too instead of two and even the other way around. Your own words, that you make up, should also be checked, that you have spelt them correctly throughout the novel, and that they mean what you said they mean and have not suddenly migrated to mean something else.

Mishaps:

Mishaps can happen with paper prints of your novel (coffee cup, editing outside and it suddenly starts to rain, dogs), and can happen with the digital copies of your novel, so do your best to ensure that you have it backed up, and that there is a version where you can print out your damaged piece from.

Managing your time:

Beware of burn out, make sure that you take time away from what you are doing, go for a walk, run, cycle ride, just a change of pace away from your writing so that you can still do the work that you have set yourself.

Minor Characters:

As mentioned earlier, ensure that all your minor characters serve a purpose and have a character arc of their own. If they are as useful as a blank wall, then delete them. Do not name a character unless that character has a specific role to play. Also, beware of naming characters the same or similar names (Guilty and trying to think of a new name now).

Mixed Metaphors:

One example that I have found in my research that states, “There was an emptiness inside her that burned…” Emptiness does not burn, it is hollow, or deep. I am almost sure I’m guilty of something like this, I just need to find it…