When I think about the first manuscript I completed, I laugh because I penned it before knowing anything about writing. Who needed plot, narrative structure, and characterization when I had imagination and initiative to fuel my prose? Point of view? Mine. Head hopping? Yes please— often within the same paragraph. Infodump? Definitely. The reader needed to know everything upfront, and just to be sure of it, I inserted so many flashbacks into my story I gave the main characters whiplash. I made ... Read more »

