Write well. Write often. Edit wisely.
A list of common spellings of interjections and exclamations that are often simply spoken sounds.
Encouragement for when you feel you’ll never be as good as other writers.
Continue reading (Stop) Comparing Yourself to Successful Authors »
A quick guide to manuscript clean-up. By the time you need these tips, you should have worked through multiple drafts of your story. The manuscript should also have been edited—by you or others—and proofed—also by you or others.
Take the time to read something for yourself—encouragement for writers and editors caught up in their work.
Learn how to choose between italics and quotation marks. Learn when more than capital letters are called for and also when capital letters are sufficient.
Continue reading Marking Text—Choosing Between Italics and Quotation Marks »
The reader will focus on what stands out. Turn the reader's attention where you want it to go.
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