Tag Archive | editing
Back Cover Help/Suggestions, Please!
Originally posted on The Official Site of Celeste DeWolfe:
As the rather self-explanatory title of this post would lead you to believe, I need some help working on the back cover copy of my novel, The Life of Gaia! I know it’s kind of hard to do that when you haven’t necessarily read the book, but…
Hyphens & En Dashes & Em Dashes Oh My.
Originally posted on Lit World Interviews:
Let’s talk hyphens, en dashes, and em dashes. Are you using them the correct way? Are you using the correct lengths? You are probably wondering about that second question, and we will get to it in a moment. But first let’s talk about what each one is and does.…
Co-Writing With My Best Friend by Guest Author Wendy Janes @wendyproof
Originally posted on Lit World Interviews:
I’d like to share my experience of co-writing. Partly because it’s a funny story, and partly because I hope you’ll find it interesting to find out how we did it. It might even encourage you and a friend to have a go yourselves. A few years ago my friend…
Patience and Integrity-The Secret to Success
Originally posted on Lit World Interviews:
Author Integrity. This week on Lit World Interviews seems to be all about that. Whether you are an Indie or Traditionalist Author there are things we all should be doing. These days there really is only one difference between the two types of Authors and that’s who puts out…
Most Mortals Need a Proofreader by Guest Author Wendy Janes @wendyproof
Originally posted on Lit World Interviews:
Why can’t you successfully proofread your own work? It’s very simple – you read what you expect to see. When you read other people’s work it’s fresh and new. Any errors seem to leap from the page, as the following examples demonstrate: “Perdita was so angry she felt like…
5 Ways to Improve Your Writing Style
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
Why is it that two different writers could write in the same genre, write about the same ideas, plot devices and themes yet one writer creates beautiful prose while the other makes the reader never want to read again? Every time I write a chunk of prose that…
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