Consider summarizing your book's chapters

Editor and writer Katherine Pickett once heard a friend say that chapter summaries suck the life out of a story.

Inveterate panthers might be nodding along sagely right now — but Pickett presents a compelling case for at least considering this step.

She describes how chapter summaries helped her in a co-writing situation and how she sees them benefiting solo writers in a blog post for her editing company.

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