EP167: One Page Punch-Ups with Emad Akhtar

In the very first of our One Page Punch-Up specials we asked our Patreon Chart Topper supporters to send us one page from their work-in-progress and we gave them to Orion Editorial Director Emad Akhtar to critique them. The standard of writing was really high and you can read along by downloading the PDFs here…

A Field in England one page

Escape – One Page Punch Up

One Page Punch Up Hayley Gullen Jan 19

One Page Punch Up Submission_ Number 19 – Sage Gordon-Davis

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How to best use modifiers in a sentence
How you can walk the fine line between clarity and confusion in prose
The importance of conflict in your scenes
And how much onomatopoeia is too much onomatopoeia?

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