Ariell CacciolainAriell CacciolaAre you ready for feedback on your manuscript?Your first draft (or second or third) is done and now it’s ready for an editor, right? But are you ready?Apr 4, 2022Apr 4, 2022
Ariell CacciolainAriell CacciolaWhat is Developmental Editing?And who really needs it? The term developmental editing is bandied around but what actually is it? I’ll tell you.Dec 20, 2021Dec 20, 2021
Ariell CacciolainAriell CacciolaWhy you should get a manuscript assessment for your novelHave you finished a first draft? Wondering if your final version is ready for an agent? Are you tinkering with a work-in-progress?Dec 6, 20211Dec 6, 20211
Ariell CacciolainAriell CacciolaForest Horror: The Watchers and the ever expanding unknown“Some days I can’t shake the feeling that I’m being watched. It’s ludicrous, I know, but I’ve heard branches.”Nov 19, 2021Nov 19, 2021
Ariell CacciolainAriell CacciolaThe Book Charlotte Brontë Tried to SuppressAn entire mistake. This is how the novel was viewed by Anne’s sister, Charlotte. If it were up to Charlotte, the novel wouldn’t be read.Jan 12, 2021Jan 12, 2021
Ariell CacciolainAriell CacciolaCoercive Control in Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell HallWe’ve left Gilbert Markham behind to tend to his gentleman farming and meddling, and now we are in Helen Graham’s diary…Dec 17, 2020Dec 17, 2020
Ariell CacciolainAriell CacciolaWeek One: The Tenant of Wildfell HallThe novel begins with a man named Gilbert Markham writing to his brother-in-law, Jack Halford. He promises to tell Jack a story of the…Dec 8, 2020Dec 8, 2020
Ariell CacciolainA Writer’s ToolboxCharacter Sketches for ScepticsI have always been a sceptic about writing character sketches or profiles for a work in progress. It simply wasn’t for me. I didn’t need…Jun 15, 2020Jun 15, 2020
Ariell CacciolainA Writer’s Toolbox5 Tips to Beat First Draft AngstFirst drafts inevitably give me angst-fear, dread, misery. They generally start off snappy, whimsical, full of life and dreams but at some…May 18, 2020May 18, 2020
Ariell CacciolainA Writer’s Toolbox5 Writing Tools for That Writing ProjectLockdown life has been a difficult time for so many reasons for everyone. At the beginning, concentration was a rare bird and I was happy…May 15, 2020May 15, 2020
