Karen’s Chat – Who is She?

I downloaded a book the other day because I saw the author advertise it for free.

A number of times the sentences started with or contained she, and it confused me. Who was the she, the author was talking about?

It took me back to my mentors who, when editing my books, constantly asked me ‘who is she?’

Well, it’s the main character I’d say with surprise, because it was obvious, wasn’t it? It seems it was only to me who knew the story and characters well.

Although I put it into practice now, I’ve never come across it in another book before, until now.

Another word my mentors picked up on was my use of ‘it’. Constantly they’d say, what’s it? Well it’s the subject I’m talking about. But that can be subjective unless you actually say the word. So I’m careful now to use it correctly.