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What’s Next: Marketing Your Book Post-Publication
Marketing your book happens before, during, and after publication. Many hit marketing hard during launch, but then just let it sit. Learn eight strategies you can use to continue to market your book after publication.
Read Blog »Em Dash
Em dashes are a beloved punctuation mark; they are so versatile and fun. Learn all the ways you can use em dashes in your writing.
Read Blog »Showing and Telling Part 1: Finding Your Told Prose
The advice “show, don’t tell” can frustrate authors. Telling isn’t bad, but it can ruin a novel if overdone or done at the wrong moment. Learn how to spot your told prose so you can edit it to shown prose, if the scene calls for it.
Read Blog »Commas with Relative Clauses (which, that, who…)
A tutorial on when to use comas before relative clauses/phrases. Relative clauses/phrases begin with which, that, who, whom, whose.
Read Blog »Dealing with a Heavily Edited Manuscript
It can be a blow to your ego to get a heavily edited manuscript back from your editor and all the tracking can seem too overwhelming to deal with. So learn various methods for approaching a heavily edited manuscript with confidence. You can do hard things and publish a great book. Deep breaths and let’s dive in!
Read Blog »Using En Dashes
Strategies to Reduce Wordiness
Using these strategies, you can learn to write more concise, powerful sentences. Learn how to get rid of unnecessary wordiness through a variety of strategies.
Read Blog »Colons with Independent Clauses
Action Beats: It’s All about Dem Beats
Action beats reveal a character’s movement, emotions, and motivations; affect the rhythm and tension of the scene; and can establish the setting. Learn how to write effective action beats and use them purposefully.
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6 Self-Editing Tasks to Reduce Your Editing Costs
If you can afford full editing services, you should do so. With that said, the more thoroughly you self-edit, the less your full service editing services will cost you. This blog outlines five self-editing tasks you can do to reduce your editing costs.
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Essay Writing (3)
How to Write Effective Claim Statements
3 Components to Writing an Effective Thesis Statement
How to Write Winning Introductory Paragraphs
3 Components to Writing an Effective Thesis Statement
How to Write Winning Introductory Paragraphs
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5 Strategies for Effective Job Bullet Statements
How to Write an Effective Career Summary
Resume: How to Show, Don’t Tell Your Marketable Skills
How to Write an Effective Career Summary
Resume: How to Show, Don’t Tell Your Marketable Skills
Writing Skills (3)
Varying Sentence Beginnings
8 Strategies to Eliminate “Be” Verbs
Effective Transitions that Aid Your Reader’s Comprehension
8 Strategies to Eliminate “Be” Verbs
Effective Transitions that Aid Your Reader’s Comprehension
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Resources for Writers (25)
What’s Next: Marketing Your Book Post-Publication
Showing and Telling Part 1: Finding Your Told Prose
Dealing with a Heavily Edited Manuscript
Strategies to Reduce Wordiness
Action Beats: It’s All about Dem Beats
6 Self-Editing Tasks to Reduce Your Editing Costs
Proofreading: Your Last Line of Defense
The Cost of Editing & How to Stay in Your Budget
How to Build and Grow Your Author Newsletter
5 Unnecessary Explanations to Avoid in Fiction Writing
11 Steps to Creating Your Own Style Sheet
All About Style Sheets
10 Realistic Expectations for Working with an Editor
How to Fix Info Dumping
How to Spot and Correct Head-Hopping
Varying Sentence Beginnings
Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions
How to Use Word’s Track Changes
How to Write Effective Direct and Internal Dialogue
8 Strategies to Eliminate “Be” Verbs
3 Common Dialogue Tag Pitfalls
4 Levels of Editing and Their Pricing Explained
Purpose of an Editor
Effective Transitions that Aid Your Reader’s Comprehension
Learn the Difference between “Good” and “Well”
Showing and Telling Part 1: Finding Your Told Prose
Dealing with a Heavily Edited Manuscript
Strategies to Reduce Wordiness
Action Beats: It’s All about Dem Beats
6 Self-Editing Tasks to Reduce Your Editing Costs
Proofreading: Your Last Line of Defense
The Cost of Editing & How to Stay in Your Budget
How to Build and Grow Your Author Newsletter
5 Unnecessary Explanations to Avoid in Fiction Writing
11 Steps to Creating Your Own Style Sheet
All About Style Sheets
10 Realistic Expectations for Working with an Editor
How to Fix Info Dumping
How to Spot and Correct Head-Hopping
Varying Sentence Beginnings
Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions
How to Use Word’s Track Changes
How to Write Effective Direct and Internal Dialogue
8 Strategies to Eliminate “Be” Verbs
3 Common Dialogue Tag Pitfalls
4 Levels of Editing and Their Pricing Explained
Purpose of an Editor
Effective Transitions that Aid Your Reader’s Comprehension
Learn the Difference between “Good” and “Well”
Working with an Editor (7)
Dealing with a Heavily Edited Manuscript
Proofreading: Your Last Line of Defense
The Cost of Editing & How to Stay in Your Budget
10 Realistic Expectations for Working with an Editor
How to Use Word’s Track Changes
4 Levels of Editing and Their Pricing Explained
Purpose of an Editor
Proofreading: Your Last Line of Defense
The Cost of Editing & How to Stay in Your Budget
10 Realistic Expectations for Working with an Editor
How to Use Word’s Track Changes
4 Levels of Editing and Their Pricing Explained
Purpose of an Editor
Nonfiction Help (4)
Strategies to Reduce Wordiness
Varying Sentence Beginnings
8 Strategies to Eliminate “Be” Verbs
Effective Transitions that Aid Your Reader’s Comprehension
Varying Sentence Beginnings
8 Strategies to Eliminate “Be” Verbs
Effective Transitions that Aid Your Reader’s Comprehension
Fiction Help (7)
Showing and Telling Part 1: Finding Your Told Prose
Action Beats: It’s All about Dem Beats
5 Unnecessary Explanations to Avoid in Fiction Writing
How to Fix Info Dumping
How to Spot and Correct Head-Hopping
How to Write Effective Direct and Internal Dialogue
3 Common Dialogue Tag Pitfalls
Action Beats: It’s All about Dem Beats
5 Unnecessary Explanations to Avoid in Fiction Writing
How to Fix Info Dumping
How to Spot and Correct Head-Hopping
How to Write Effective Direct and Internal Dialogue
3 Common Dialogue Tag Pitfalls
Grammar and Punctuation Help (2)
Bite-Sized Punctuation (16)
Commas with Introductions
Em Dash
Commas with Relative Clauses (which, that, who…)
Using En Dashes
Colons with Independent Clauses
Colons with Lists
Commas with Dates
Semicolons with Complex Lists
Commas with Interrupters Part Three: Regular Interrupters
Commas with Interrupters Part Two: Appositives
Commas with Interrupters Part One: Direct Address
Semicolons with Independent Clauses Part 2
Semicolons with Independent Clauses Part 1
Commas with Dependent Clauses
Commas with Independent Clauses
Commas with Adjectives
Em Dash
Commas with Relative Clauses (which, that, who…)
Using En Dashes
Colons with Independent Clauses
Colons with Lists
Commas with Dates
Semicolons with Complex Lists
Commas with Interrupters Part Three: Regular Interrupters
Commas with Interrupters Part Two: Appositives
Commas with Interrupters Part One: Direct Address
Semicolons with Independent Clauses Part 2
Semicolons with Independent Clauses Part 1
Commas with Dependent Clauses
Commas with Independent Clauses
Commas with Adjectives
Commas (9)
Commas with Introductions
Commas with Relative Clauses (which, that, who…)
Commas with Dates
Commas with Interrupters Part Three: Regular Interrupters
Commas with Interrupters Part Two: Appositives
Commas with Interrupters Part One: Direct Address
Commas with Dependent Clauses
Commas with Independent Clauses
Commas with Adjectives
Commas with Relative Clauses (which, that, who…)
Commas with Dates
Commas with Interrupters Part Three: Regular Interrupters
Commas with Interrupters Part Two: Appositives
Commas with Interrupters Part One: Direct Address
Commas with Dependent Clauses
Commas with Independent Clauses
Commas with Adjectives
Style Sheets (2)
Semicolons (3)
Semicolons with Complex Lists
Semicolons with Independent Clauses Part 2
Semicolons with Independent Clauses Part 1
Semicolons with Independent Clauses Part 2
Semicolons with Independent Clauses Part 1