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eemontgomery11

Jan 14
4 min

Writing

THE COPY EDITING PROCESS

We’ve just completed a major structural edit and a continuity edit on a novel. By now, all the action and character development in your...

eemontgomery11

Nov 19, 2022
2 min

Writing

Step-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 5: now you can edit, rewrite, write

What’s next in our journey to edit the structure of a novel? To recap: we’ve completed a scene map, mapped the scenes to the story...

eemontgomery11

Oct 22, 2022
3 min

Writing

Structural edit step-by-step guide. Step 3: mapping the scene map and structure to character arcs

At this point in the editing process, I thought I could start working on the MS again. I didn’t. I made myself pause and consider...

EE Montgomery

Oct 8, 2022
6 min

Writing

Step-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 2: mapping the scene map to a structure

A step-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 2: mapping the scene map to a structure.

EE Montgomery

Sep 23, 2022
3 min

Writing

Step-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 1: create a scene map.

A step-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 1: create a scene map

EE Montgomery

Sep 2, 2022
2 min

Writing

Editing - just do it

I've been working on the third book on the Dragon Gods series. Opal Tears, and I'm currently deep in a major structural edit.

EE Montgomery

Apr 12, 2020
2 min

Writing

Writing Plans and What I am Reading

My writing plan for 2020 worked really well until about mid-March when Covid-19 became the only topic of conversation with everyone I know.

EE Montgomery

Jan 25, 2020
1 min

Writing

New Ways of Working: 2020 goals

EE Montgomery sets goals for 2020 to deal with the struggles of a work/life balance that leaves time for writing.

EE Montgomery

Jan 14, 2020
2 min

New Books

Coming Soon... Dragon God

It's taken me a long time but I've finally managed to get Dragon God converted, with images, and ready for release.