EP204: One Page Punch-Ups SF&F special

In the latest of our One Page Punch-Up specials we asked our Patreon Chart Topper supporters to send in one page from their work-in-progress and we gave them Gollancz’s Gillian Redfearn and Marcus Gipps to review and critique. Between them Gillian and Marcus have worked with some legendary authors, including Joe Hill, Joanne Harris, Joe Abercrombie, and other authors NOT called Jo/Joe, including Neil Gaiman, Scott Lynch, Brandon Sanderson and some chancer called Mark Stay.

And YOU can read along and get inspired. Simply download the PDFs of the original one pages, and — as an added bonus — we’ve included Gillian’s handwritten marked-up pages. Gillian’s notes

https://www.patreon.com/bestsellerexperiment

Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

PODCAST

In This Episode You Will Discover

How many fancy words are too many fancy words
How changing the order of action and description can make a big difference to the impact of your writing
The importance of point of view in bringing your world and characters to life
And the pitfalls of comparative language!

Here are some of the links we talked about in the show…

Support us on Patreon and join our exclusive Facebook Group: https://www.patreon.com/bestsellerexperiment

Back to Reality: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality/

Support Jenni Desvaux’s book The Very Last Monster Book: http://lastmonsters.com

Buy The End of Magic: https://markstaywrites.com/the-end-of-magic/

Mr. Stay’s Writer Services: https://markstaywrites.com/writer-services/

BUY Back to Reality – the novel from the Podcast

Find out more at https://bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

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