Things We’d Have Liked to Know Before Chapter 1.
Practical guides to writing, revising and publishing a book, whichever app you end up using.
- AI and your voiceWill it still sound like you? An honest look
- Best novel-writing softwareNine apps, no single winner, and we make one of them
- Book trim sizesWhy your novel is probably 5.5 x 8.5
- Continuity errorsA ten-month pregnancy nobody in the village mentions
- Formatting for KDPMargins that widen as your book gets longer
- French typographyA space before the colon, and a quarrel about its width
- How long is a novelAbout 80,000 words. Fantasy didn’t get the memo
- How to outline a novelThree methods, and what to do when the plan dies
- How to revise a novelSix passes, because commas can wait for the plot
- How to write a novelEight stages, and where each one tends to go wrong
- KDP’s AI questionEdited AI text is still AI-generated, says Amazon
- Moving out of ScrivenerWhat survives the move, and what to check after
- What a story bible isWhat goes in, what stays out, and when to shut it