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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 2d

Coincidence in Fiction: Unearned Clues and Lightning Strikes

"Coincidence works when it ignites trouble, not when it puts out fires."

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Coincidence in Fiction: Unearned Clues and Lightning Strikes

Coincidence works when it ignites trouble, not when it puts out fires.

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 17h

"It is an old prerogative of kings to govern everything but their passions."

—The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 1d

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“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
— Robert Frost

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 2d

New post up on the Chopping Blog 🪓🪓

Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 2d

Coincidence in Fiction: Unearned Clues and Lightning Strikes

"Coincidence works when it ignites trouble, not when it puts out fires."

darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/c...

#writingcommunity #booksky

Coincidence in Fiction: Unearned Clues and Lightning Strikes

Coincidence works when it ignites trouble, not when it puts out fires.

darlingaxe.com

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 1d

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 1d

Book Broker — an interview with Tim Wojcik

"On the page itself, a compelling and original voice will always stand out, but I'm always looking for stakes."

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Book Broker – an interview with Tim Wojcik

I often see writers clearing their throats—writing out information about a character’s background or past or over-explaining their situation instead of trusting their reader to piece things together…

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 1d

Foreshadowing: The Shape of Things to Come

"Planting false clues or intentionally distracting the reader can be a great way to avoid predictability and create a satisfying twist."

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Foreshadowing: The Shape of Things to Come

Planting false clues or intentionally distracting the reader from what’s actually happening can be a great way to avoid predictability in a plot and create a satisfying twist. Foreshadowing is the…

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 2d

Coincidence in Fiction: Unearned Clues and Lightning Strikes

"Coincidence works when it ignites trouble, not when it puts out fires."

darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/c...

#writingcommunity #booksky

Coincidence in Fiction: Unearned Clues and Lightning Strikes

Coincidence works when it ignites trouble, not when it puts out fires.

darlingaxe.com

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 2d

A great novel is honed, not hatched.

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 2d

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Thanks for the shout out!

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isabella mori @moritherapy.bsky.social · 4d

Some weeks ago I took a week-long revision workshop with
@bcwriters.bsky.social. It was absolutely mind-blowing. I'd say in the top 5 workshops I've ever taken. That includes 30 years of being a counsellor, taking oodles of workshops. @darlingaxe.com was one of the presenters.
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rattatatouille @rattatatouille.bsky.social · 3d

And since English has appropriated Zen into its lexicon, that makes it a rare word of Indo-European origin that it didn't directly acquire from another Indo-European language.

Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 3d

"Zen" in Japanese derives from Chinese "Chan," which in turn comes from Sanskrit "dhyāna," meaning “meditation” or “meditative absorption.”

#etymology

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 3d

"Zen" in Japanese derives from Chinese "Chan," which in turn comes from Sanskrit "dhyāna," meaning “meditation” or “meditative absorption.”

#etymology

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 5d

"Landscape" is from the Dutch "landschap," meaning "a picture of the land."

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 5d

Book Broker — an interview with Dara Hyde

"2020 has been a huge year of change for publishing, much of it for good even in these scary times."

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Book Broker – an interview with Dara Hyde

2020 has been a huge year of change for publishing, much of it for good even in these scary times.

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 5d

"Ghoul" comes from Arabic "ghul," a desert demon that could change shape & feast on human flesh.

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 6d

True story

A man with glowing eyes and a caption below, sometimes, I think I am god. Caption above, writers when they solve a plothole they created

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 5d

The FPC is now closed. Stay tuned for results! Should be mid-October.

Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 9d

The First Page Challenge closes TOMORROW 🧐

Hit us with your best opening! Make us want to turn the page!

Only $5 CAD to enter. $1000 CAD prize pool.

Contest closes September 30 at midnight PST.

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An illustration of a magical book with a world growing out of it

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 6d

A lot of his invented words were actually hybrids. So in this case I think he was combining sway and stagger.

Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 6d

That's my guess!

Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 6d

Book Broker: an interview with literary agent Kerry D'Agostino

"It is very clear when we receive a manuscript that is an early stage of drafting."

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