Editing Tips for Underwriters | When Your Book Is Too Short

What do you do if your novel is too short? How do you add more to a book? You're done with NaNo and you have 50K--but you need 30K more. I'm sharing tips for what to do if you are an underwriter/lean drafter. Sorry for how long this one is... I tried to include examples, but also ultimately it's hard to discuss structure without getting too deep into structure! RELATED VIDEOS Tips for Overwriters:    • Editing Tips for Overwriters | When Your B...   Narrate vs. Dramatize:    • NARRATE vs. DRAMATIZE (magical writing fix...   White Room Syndrome & How To Fix It:    • White Room Syndrome & How To Fix It   Must Know Thriller Beats:    • Must Know Thriller Beats   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 01:46 Internalization/emotionality 03:37 All A Plot, Lacking B Plot? 07:09 Underutilized Characters 12:17 Complicating Characters 14:43 Skipping "Boring" Scenes 17:20 Lacking Description 21:11 Starting in the Wrong Place 23:07 Act 2 Light On Setbacks 25:46 Rushed Midpoint to Climax 26:44 Ending is Rushed 27:44 What is Confusing? 30:25 Narration Overabundance Preorder The Ivies from your favorite book retailer!: https://bit.ly/3mkxyYj Add The Ivies on Goodreads!   / the-ivies   +BUY MY BOOKS+ Buy The Stars We Steal from Book Depository (ships worldwide!): https://www.bookdepository.com/Stars-... Buy Brightly Burning from Book Depository (ships worldwide!): https://www.bookdepository.com/Bright... Buy BRIGHTLY BURNING on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Brightly-Burni... Get Brightly Burning on Audible.com! https://www.audible.com/pd/Brightly-B... +LINKS+ Goodreads:   / brightly-burning   Twitter:   / alexadonne   Instagram:   / alexadonne   Newsletter Sign-Up: http://alexadonne.com/newsletter/ Website: http://alexadonne.com/ Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/alexadonne +FILMING SPECS+ Camera: Canon t6i Mic: Rode VideoMic Go Light Lighting: Limo Studio Soft Kit Editing Software: Pinnacle Studio 22