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EDITING 101: 24 – Split Infinitives and Dangling Participles…

EDITING 101: 24 – Split Infinitives and Dangling Participles…

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Originally posted as the Dun Writin’—Now Whut? series on this blog, EDITING 101 is a weekly refresher series for some of you and brand new for others. Courtesy of Adirondack Editing Split Infinitives and Dangling Participles Editors frequently correct both of these, but one is actually ok to use, while…

Break it down …

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EDITING 101: 23 – Tenses…

EDITING 101: 23 – Tenses…

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Originally posted as the Dun Writin’—Now Whut? series on this blog, EDITING 101 is a weekly refresher series for some of you and brand new for others. Courtesy of Adirondack Editing Tenses What are tenses? They are a term applied to a verb, which is an action word in writing.…

Reading With New Eyes

I discovered yesterday that becoming an author has ruined my enjoyment of some books. It’s something that I find very depressing. It all began when I rushed to buy a new book from one of my favourite indie authors. As it is someone on my must buy list I was extremely excited by the new…

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Four Great Shares at Just Can’t Help Writing!

Originally posted on Virginia S. Anderson:
? What should writers know about trademarked names or brand names? How should you handle these names in your fiction? Adirondack Editing, via Chris the Story Reading Ape, helps out! Phoebe Quinn at A Writer’s Path has a list of seven writing mistakes that are all too easy to…

Shifting Perspectives

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
A month into 2017 and I’ve just about quasi abandoned the 85K90 challenge. Well, not so much abandoned, but perhaps put the task on hiatus as the plotting and pondering of the overarching narrative structure and mixing and matching the character (and their exposition baggage)  relationships has…

EDITING 101: 22 – Using Registered Trademarks and Brand Names…

EDITING 101: 22 – Using Registered Trademarks and Brand Names…

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Originally posted as the Dun Writin’—Now Whut? series on this blog, EDITING 101 is a weekly refresher series for some of you and brand new for others. Courtesy of Adirondack Editing Using Registered Trademarks and Brand Names When you’re writing and your character uses a Kleenex, you’ve just used a…

EDITING 101: 21 – Plotting…

EDITING 101: 21 – Plotting…

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Originally posted as the Dun Writin’—Now Whut? series on this blog, EDITING 101 is a weekly refresher series for some of you and brand new for others. Courtesy of Adirondack Editing Plotting Some authors are meticulous plotters, outlining their book carefully. Others are called “pantsers” because they “fly by the…

10 Tips For Editing Your Short Story

Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by Writer in Wedges So you have written your short story and cannot wait to release it into the world. But before doing that, it is important to take some extra time to make sure your story is properly edited, despite the fact that editing is nowhere near as…

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