The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

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✨ Using the "wrong-shoe theory" to surprise readers; deciding whether your novel should be YA or adult ✨
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✨ Using the "wrong-shoe theory" to surprise readers; deciding whether your novel should be YA or adult ✨

Plus, how to keep your characters’ perspectives in line with who they are

Oct 20, 2023
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🎙️On The Podcast This Week🎙️

In this week’s Books with Hooks, Carly and CeCe critique three query letters. During the segment, they discuss:

  • the need for physicality of movement as well as inner life in opening pages

  • “wrong-shoe theory” to emphasize the importance of making surprising choices as a storyteller

  • causality when writing about plot points in a …

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