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- Jul 19
- 3 min
3 Editing Rounds to Polish Your Draft: Self-Publishing 101
Editing is an essential part of writing, but it can also take up a lot of time and money if you work without a goal.
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- May 27
- 5 min
5 Times It's Okay to Ignore Criticism
It’s always a good idea to get more eyes on your book. When you’re publishing your own material, the only way you can get it...
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- Jun 30, 2021
- 3 min
Proofreading, Copy Editing, And Developmental Editing: What You Need And What The Difference Is
First the bad news: Editing is critical to your success.
And no, reading out loud to yourself is not good enough.
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- May 27, 2021
- 4 min
Top 7 Tips for Self Revision
Over the course of drafting your book, you’ll likely read it multiple times to perform some rudimentary editing on your own...
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- May 12, 2021
- 4 min
9 Common Mistakes Authors Make with Beta Readers
You have professional editors, and you have self-revisions, and then you have the third step: beta readers.
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- Feb 1, 2021
- 9 min
ProWritingAid vs. Autocrit: Comparison and Review
These days, you can find a variety of online editing software options that can meet a variety of your editing needs.
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- Dec 21, 2020
- 1 min
Top 5 Editing Resources for Writers
Editing is expensive, time consuming, and inevitable. Before you waste your fortune hiring an editor...
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- Dec 18, 2020
- 3 min
What I Wish Everyone Knew about Professional Editors
Between the writing sprees and the publishing hustle comes one step no writer can escape: editing. Some writers love editing.
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- Dec 16, 2020
- 6 min
So You Think You Can Plot: Dramatica vs. Plottr (Review)
Plotting software fills in the niche gap between writing software and editing software and allows you to iron out your novel...
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- Oct 22, 2020
- 1 min
Pitch Perfect: Anatomy of A Book Pitch
Writing a pitch is a helpful idea for any fiction writer, whether or not you want to go traditional.
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- Feb 10, 2017
- 2 min
Character Arcs: When You Don’t Need Them
I didn’t change much there. The three ghosts, the plot, and Scrooge were untouched. All I did to create the disturbing and uncomfortable...
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- Feb 2, 2017
- 1 min
How to Re-Write Your Novel–without Losing Your Sanity (Curated Post)
A personal note: re-writing is currently the hardest, most diabolical part of the writing process for me. It feels like I’m stabbing my...
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- Jan 15, 2016
- 2 min
Grammarly Review: Automatic Proofreader
Please vote for my novel, The Grim Reaper: And Company! on Kindle Scout here: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/X0Z1F8GSDDVB I recently...
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- Apr 27, 2015
- 4 min
Should You Hire an Editor?
No matter how careful you are editing your own work, things will slip through the cracks. It’s a fact of writing that spans from novice...
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- Apr 7, 2015
- 3 min
Don’t Begin Your Novel Like This!
All that glitters is 24 karat, pristine gold! They say never to judge a book by its cover, but everyone does that anyway. I remember one...
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- Apr 4, 2015
- 3 min
10 Facts about Your Fantasy Universe (You Don’t Know Yet)
One of the most challenging parts of writing in the fantasy genre is creating the universe. You could spend years designing the cultures...
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- Mar 26, 2015
- 2 min
A Note on Novel Length
Image credit: Sanja Djenero How long should my book be? It’s a silly question, or so it seems. What does length matter so long as the...
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- Mar 20, 2015
- 2 min
Sex, Swearing, and What You Don’t Want to Write
A few years ago, I found myself staring tensely at my computer screen, fingers hovering over the keyboard as I wrestled with a problem...
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- Mar 13, 2015
- 3 min
Why Your Strong Female Heroine Needs to Die
Image credit: Belovodchenko Anton That’s it. I’ve had it. I’ve seen her too many times on the big screen, small screen and in the pages...
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