No-No's That Stop an Editor Cold

Janette Rallison started her class at LDStorymakers with a statement that all of you should understand: Agents, editors and publishers will continue reading your manuscript until you give them a reason to stop.

Any of the items listed below are reasons to stop reading:

• Problems with POV

• Improper use of dialog tags

• Starting your book too far away from the world-changing event that propels your characters

• Lack of character motivation and/or goals

• Sentence structure and grammar issues

Janette went into detail on these and other no-no's and gave examples of correct and incorrect ways to deal with them.

Before you submit, be sure to check and double-check your manuscript for these things.

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