![]() Be careful using sentences that start with ‘There was …’.Avoid sentences that start with ‘As you know, Brian …’.Adverbs are not your friend (see Stephen King).Be careful of ‘really’ instead of ‘very’.Avoid fluffy intensifiers (incredibly, amazingly, unbelievably).Here are some we’ve gleaned over the years. At the other end of the scale are the nitty-gritty ‘one percenters’ that can add polish to your story, to make it sound more professional and to avoid wince-making moments. Those editorials looked at substantial approaches and techniques for story writing, reasonably big picture stuff. ![]() From this, we’ve seen many ways to create a successful story, and many ways to create an unsuccessful story-see the editorial in Aurealis #71 for our discussion of the latter, and the editorial in Aurealis #72 for our suggestions for the former. ![]() Over our thirty years of publishing, the Aurealis editors have read hundreds, possibly thousands of submissions. ![]()
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