#WritersCoffeeClub 18. How balanced are your finished works?

[ignova@mstdn.ca]

#WritersCoffeeClub 18. How balanced are your finished works? What do you do to achieve that balance?

maybe it would help to understand this question if i imagine what an unbalanced work looks like.

an unbalanced book would have some element out of harmony with the whole. maybe there is excessive description or dialogue. or one of the acts is disproportionately long compared to the others.

these are the sorts of things that ought to be picked up in an editing pass. you achieve 'balance' by carefully reading and re-reading your work, and fixing every flaw you turn up in the process.