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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.
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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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Semicolons with Complex Lists
Proofreading: Your Last Line of Defense
Proofreading is a vital part of the production process; it is a separate service from editing. Learn why it’s important, what it entails—including cost and turnaround time—why your editor shouldn’t also be your proofreader, and how to get the most from your proofreader.
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Effective Transitions that Aid Your Reader’s Comprehension
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Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions
How to Use Word’s Track Changes
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4 Levels of Editing and Their Pricing Explained
Purpose of an Editor
Effective Transitions that Aid Your Reader’s Comprehension
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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
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Proofreading: Your Last Line of Defense
The Cost of Editing & How to Stay in Your Budget
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4 Levels of Editing and Their Pricing Explained
Purpose of an Editor
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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
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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
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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
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
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Commas with Interrupters Part Three: Regular Interrupters
Commas with Interrupters Part Two: Appositives
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Commas with Interrupters Part Three: Regular Interrupters
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Commas with Interrupters Part One: Direct Address
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Semicolons with Independent Clauses Part 2
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