Innovative Editing

On Tuesday, we got all depressing and acknowledged the reality that most published authors don’t sell a lot of books. Today, we’re going to

Everyone has a dream of doing something big. At least I sincerely hope they do. For people who enjoy biking as a hobby, perhaps they’d love

So we now know that literary tone is important. Very important. It can make or break a manuscript’s prospects or a book’s sales. If someone

Back in college, there was a class I moved a whole country away in order to avoid. Only for a semester, mind you. And it wasn’t the only fa

There’s not a single human example of unbiased writing out there. That’s because there’s not a single example of an unbiased writer out ther

Oh, the wonders of writing exposition. Don’t you just love it? The opportunity to explain why and how your story exists can be a thrilling

There’s something about the power of the pen. Or, in my case, the power of the keyboard, with my fingers clacking against the A. Then the N.

Tuesday’s Writing Definition defined plot holes as an error that “contradicts previous (or upcoming) events within a story.” Then it acknow

Let’s start out by getting caught up on where we are with narrative hooks. On Tuesday, we introduced the topic and explained how: … most o

It being the 4th of July and all, and me being the American history-obsessed individual that I am… it only seems right to use the Declaratio

My adorable three-year-old niece is obsessed with fairytales right now. And I do mean obsessed. As only a three-year-old girl can be about

As your story winds down through the falling action, it should start prompting some questions. For the purpose of today’s Writing...

The very last thing I’d want to do after climbing a mountain is have a knock-down, drag-out fight. Or any kind of fight at all. I’d just wa

So you have your rising action segment. And it’s long. Like really long. Likes pages and pages, and chapters and chapters long. If, as we m

You’ve got a great story idea. It’s the next big thing, and you just know it’s going to be amazing. Literary fever has officially hit your c

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a creative writer named Sam. Now, this creative writer (named Sam) wrote all his stori

As promised on Tuesday, let’s talk about the controversy surrounding the topic of writing with or without dialogue tags. Considering their

When we began this series on writing realistic dialogue, I told you about my customer service experience with ASUS. It wasn’t the most frus

I should probably start out by admitting that, as a reader, I’m not very interested in setting details. When I pick up a new novel, the last

Thanks to the April 4 Writing Challenge concerning main characters, you already know it’s important to make your protagonists relatable. Th