Unlock the Secret Editing Tricks That Can Transform Your Short Story Overnight
Make those notes, but remember, you’re still not worrying about commas and spelling. You’re looking at higher-level concepts.
STEP 3:
Make sure your story has all six elements of plot. Make notes of each element in the margins of your story. Are they all there?
If not, you’ve got to get them all in there. If they are there, are they approximately where they need to be? (The inciting incident isn’t coming in at the fifty percent mark, for example.) If they’re not, things need to be shifted, and that could mean cutting scenes or adding scenes.
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