What Does the Editor Mean When She Says That?

 

This is one of the things I post so I'll know where to go back and find it later when I get my manuscript finished and start submitting it to editors (OK. I will try that route, I'm sure.)


This great article over at Writer's Relief is extremely informative.  What does it mean when an editor tells you, "Your MS is voicey and organic but switches POV indiscriminately"?


Find out here


Now I know that I want my manuscript to have legs, be organic, and to be tight. I don't want it to contain dead metaphors or to be quiet or stale. 


Besides these literary vocabulary gems, here's a link to more basic vocabulary and terms for the publishing industry, also on Writer's Relief:


http://www.writersrelief.com/blog/2010/03/basic-vocabulary-and-terms-for-the-publishing-industry/


Now I can find these articles when I need them.  Whew!  Wouldn't want to misplace them.