My clients have taught me a lot about writing fiction. This might be a strange admission, but it\u2019s true. I was editing fiction for quite a while before I started writing fiction. And I learned a lot by being subjected to the awkward passages, conflicting material, inconsistencies, incorrect punctuation, shallow dialog, lack of flow and so forth that I found in some manuscripts.<\/p>\n
Sure you can learn a lot about writing fiction by attending classes, workshops and critique groups. You can read books on the subject. You can read a lot of fiction\u2014especially in the genre you are writing. And I recommend all of the above.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m just saying that, for me, editing fiction before I started writing it served to give me a leg-up in this field and I\u2019m grateful for that.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow I want to talk a little about my process of writing a story. It may or may not be conventional or even helpful to other authors.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, I\u2019m ready to launch the third in my Klepto Cat Mystery series, Sleight of Paw<\/i> and I\u2019ve written 98 pages of Book Four, Undercover Cat.<\/i> The first in the series, Catnapped, <\/i>will be in print very soon. My goal is to have it available for Valentine\u2019s Day giving.<\/p>\n
Two books from this series are available now on Kindle at Amazon.com.<\/p>\n
I am Patricia Fry and I\u2019m the author of the Klepto Cat Mystery series. I\u2019m also a book editor. If you\u2019re ready, send me your manuscript. I\u2019ll give you a sample edit and an estimate. Turn-around time is generally within two weeks, depending on the condition of the manuscript. PLFry620@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My clients have taught me a lot about writing fiction. This might be a strange admission, but it\u2019s true. I was editing fiction for quite a while before I started writing fiction. And I learned a lot by being subjected to the awkward passages, conflicting material, inconsistencies, incorrect punctuation, shallow dialog, lack of flow and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t