Revision tips from Gareth Hanrahan, author of The Gutter Prayer.
My podcast analysing The Gutter Prayer: https://novelanalyst.com/2019/09/17/the-gutter-prayer/
My interview with Gareth: https://novelanalyst.com/2019/09/19/gareth/
Wrong words = remove
Wrong order = keep and reorder
‘Asking yourself “how do I fix this?” implies that the text is a problem, and that the simplest solution is replacing it. Asking “how do I make this work?” makes you think of the text as a machine that’s clogged, or misaligned, and you’ve got to unjam it. ‘ – Gareth Hanrahan
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