WRITING ADVICE & PUBLISHING ADVICE from Font
The Third Key: Unity
By Orna Ross
In the first draft, we accept all ideas and understandings as they emerge, no matter how vague or disconnected. Then we trim and tidy these strands into a coherent, interconnected whole.
Whether the piece runs to 500 or 500,000 words, we ensure that idea, sense, tone and style work together and are consistent throughout. Loose ends are knotted in; loose words are eliminated.
Each sentence is worked until it is marching forward purposefully, leading the reader inexorably towards an understanding of your theme (fiction) or controlling idea (nonfiction).
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