Rob Bignell, Editor/Author
Writers Digest (unofficial)The Real Work of Writing Occurs on Revision https://www.writersdigest.com/the-real-work-of-writing-occurs-on-revision #FinishingFirstDraft #WriteBetterFiction #Revising&Editing #RevisionProcess #EditingFiction #EditingProcess #RevisionTips
IndieAuthors.Social NewsFailing the Perception Check
In the video game Baldur’s Gate 3 , you will occasionally stumble across traps—small landmines or treasure chests rigged to explode. To avoid taking damage, you roll a Perception check to see if you notice the trap before running right over it and potentially exploding your companions.
There’s a part of revisions that feels, to me, like failing that check over and over again.
I open the manuscript. I open a calculator. I think: this book needs to be 95,000 words to be competitive in traditional publishing (said someone, somewhere), which means the inciting incident must occur by word 11,400—that’s 12%, or halfway through the first act. I took Math for Liberal Arts in college and here I am calculating percentages. Already, we’re having a great time.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/04/02/failing-the-perception-check/
Kathy BrysonSecond in revising my long-referenced #grammar guide - but easily most confused and confusing - #commas!
Sing it with me - comma, comma, comma, chameleoooon
https://kathybrysonblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/22/commas/
#writing #amwriting #writingtip #revising #editing #publishing #professionalism!
Second in revising my long-referenced #grammar guide - but easily most confused and confusing - #commas!
Sing it with me - comma, comma, comma, chameleoooon
https://kathybrysonblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/22/commas/
#writing #amwriting #writingtip #revising #editing #publishing #professionalism!
Cartersville Area WritersCAW Writers Conference 2026
Join us on March 14, 2026, for the Cartersville Area Writers 4th Annual Writers Conference! Tickets and info at CartersvilleAreaWriters.com. 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Cartersville Civic Center. Speakers include award-winning writers Kimberly Brock, Rosemary Royston, Jessica Handler, Mickey Dubrow, and therapist Jessica Schmoll. Fan favorite silent auction is back! Catered by Southern Comforts Catering. Hurry, seating is limited!
#CAW #CartersvilleAreaWriters #WritersConference #Revision #Revising #WriteThatBook #Writers #Authors #WritingCommunity #ImposterSyndrome #PoetrytoProse #DontJustDreamItDoIt