Do you start writing only to stop a few paragraphs or even sentences in? You’re not alone, and there are four problems that may be keeping you from having stellar writing sessions every time. Find out what they are and how to conquer them here!
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30 minutes to better writing: How to Talk to Your Writing Partner (Yes, actually talk!)
While you need to write as often as possible to improve your skills, what I’m suggesting is spending thirty minutes a week or a month talking to someone about your writing. Here’s how a half hour conversation with a carefully chosen critique partner or trusted confidant can make you a better writer.
Books on Editing: Edit Your Own Romance Novel by Ebony McKenna
What how-to editing book will help YOU hone your self-editing skills? This series of editing book reviews will help you figure it out.
Books on Editing: The Little Book of Self-Editing for Writers by Bridget McKenna
What how-to editing book will help YOU hone your self-editing skills? This series of editing book reviews will help you figure it out.
Books on Editing: Edit Your Damn Book by James Osiris Baldwin
What how-to editing book will help YOU hone your self-editing skills? This series of editing book reviews will help you figure it out.
The Role of Research in Developmental Editing
Research is an integral part of the developmental editing stage of any writing process. See how you can work it into yours.
Happy New Year! Be Your Best Writer Self in 2019
Rock your writing in 2019 by focusing on your best writer qualities.
Developmental Editing: Reflect, Listen, and Plan to Give Your Work New Life
Last week I noted that the first step of successful developmental editing is finding a reader. This week, I’m going to talk about the second step, in which you lay your soul bare and embrace all the feedback the reader gave you.This step can be intimidating, but you WILL survive it if you reflect on what you’reContinueContinue reading “Developmental Editing: Reflect, Listen, and Plan to Give Your Work New Life”
Different Kinds of Editing; or, How Developmental Editing is like Raising a Toddler
One of a writer’s most important tasks is editing, but one of the most common misunderstandings I see with writers, particularly new writers, is that editing is all about grammar, mechanics, and sentence-level issues.But that type of sentence-level work isn’t editing; it’s proofreading. Now, proofreading is important. It’s SUPER important. It’s how you polish andContinueContinue reading “Different Kinds of Editing; or, How Developmental Editing is like Raising a Toddler”
How the Soft-Hearted Writer Can Survive Rejection (and even thrive!)
You have to be tough to be a writer. It’s a well-known truth. From Stephen King’s On Writing to the Instagram and Twitter writing communities, we all know writing results in lots of rejection necessary critical feedback Both are impossible to avoid and, in the long run, make you a better writer, so you needContinueContinue reading “How the Soft-Hearted Writer Can Survive Rejection (and even thrive!)”
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