10 Ways to ‘Show Rather than Tell’

10 Ways to ‘Show Rather than Tell’

Show, don’t tell – what does it mean? You don’t have to be a writer long to get the classic writing advice, ‘Show, don’t tell,’ lodged in your psyche. It’s normal to write first drafts packed with telling sentences like, ‘she...
5 Exercises to Try Before Writing Your Novel

5 Exercises to Try Before Writing Your Novel

Once you have drafted your novel and and received feedback on it, there are bound to be issues that you wish you’d thought about more before you began. Of course, so much of a story develops in the process of writing it, but there are exercises worth doing...
Common Mistakes Writers Make: A Q&A with BPA’s Editors

Common Mistakes Writers Make: A Q&A with BPA’s Editors

Blue Pencil Agency offers editorial reports to writers who want their manuscript to be in the best shape possible before they approach a literary agent or self-publish. Our editors are bestselling authors and industry experts with shrewd eyes and a passion for...