12 ways a synopsis helps your book You can quit holding your nose now—this whole synopsis thing is going to take longer than a single breath of air. Writing your […]
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Revision vs. Re-Vision: Early draft truths Nobody wants to scale the stony gray wall of revision. Nobody. Not even those crazy Spartan racers. (You go, Spartans.) A novel revision stares
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Nothing revs my editorial engines higher than a new way of explaining a storytelling or writing technique. My family gets put out with my workaholic ways when they find me
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What makes up an author’s writing voice? You’d think it would be skillful writing. But all too often, authors are told weak writing habits are excusable—and sometimes even worthy of
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Track Changes—a fate worth than death? Though revising an edit full of tracked changes and comments can seem utterly intimidating the first time, a few simple guidelines will keep you
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There’s an assumption among many writers that writing rules and outlines are pinched, mean things that constrain creativity and the flow of literary ideas. Writing blogs advise authors to flout
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