Experienced fiction editor Kristen Tate will share the concepts and strategies she developed while writing her book Novel Study: Decoding the Secrets and Structures of Contemporary Fiction. At the story level, she’ll show how tools like intensity mapping and tracking story questions can help you diagnose plot problems and identify where a manuscript needs more juice. At the scene level, she’ll explain how breaking down scene components can help you identify why a scene isn’t working. And at the sentence level, she’ll share examples of when authors successfully break writing “rules”—like using passive voice or filter words—and how to recognize these as deliberate craft choices. Finally, she’ll demonstrate how to build your own Novel Study toolkit to sharpen your editorial instincts and better support the authors you work with.

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