Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Writing Group

I realized after publishing my first book that having a group of people outside of my students and family to review my book would be helpful. So I started a writing group here in Boston. While it took a few months to get things going, we now have 11 members. At the last meeting, Scribe Ori (we are called scribes in my group) made the observation that I use way too many adverbs and not enough strong verbs. This was excellent feedback, and I went back through the first eight chapters and replaced my action words. I also got some great ideas for the twists and turns the story will take. I'm very excited about this new group!