More Hows and Whys When Writing a Middle-Grade or YA Nonfiction Book
As discussed in last week’s “how to write a parenting book” series, the path from conception to adulthood is complex. It’s nuanced.
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Oct 30, 2018
- 3 min
What to Expect When Writing a Parenting Book
“Children are a blessing,” they say.
“Children are our future.”
And what they say is right on both counts. But they could also easily add
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Oct 23, 2018
- 3 min
The Billion-Dollar Bible Study Book Question
What is the point of being a Christian?
That’s not a trick question or a sarcastic one. It’s genuine and important and worth repeating. So
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Oct 18, 2018
- 3 min
Becoming Educated: How to Write a Christian Nonfiction Book
What makes someone an actual expert on a subject?
The easy and accurate answer is education.
Contrary to what academia wants you to think,
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Oct 16, 2018
- 3 min
The Very Bottom-Line Basics of Writing Christian Nonfiction
If you’re writing Christian nonfiction, you have nothing to fear on this site or from this service.
You may or may not remember back in the
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Oct 9, 2018
- 2 min
How to Help a Brother (or Sister) Out
Life is filled with questions, some of them gut-wrenching, time-consuming and all-around difficult.
There’s the standard “Who am I?” and “W
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Sep 18, 2018
- 3 min
3 Really Obvious but Really Important Aspects of Writing a Cookbook
As of this posting, fall is five days away. That means the scent of pumpkin spice is in the air, which makes it the perfect time to publish
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Sep 11, 2018
- 2 min
Good Eats, Bad Eats and How to Handle Both – Author Style
Eating chocolate is in Innovative Editing’s official list of ways to get past writer’s block.
That’s partially because, sometimes, a little
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Sep 4, 2018
- 3 min
To Infinity and Beyond!
Out of the many nonfiction genres, writing science nonfiction is far from the least problematic. At least that’s true when it comes to makin
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Aug 21, 2018
- 3 min
“Oh, I Come From a Land, From a Far-Away Place”
Travel nonfiction books exist for a reason.
Why shouldn’t they when the world is so full of journeys to take and adventures to discover? Fo
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Aug 14, 2018
- 3 min
A Lot Like Political Commentary – Except Different
Try looking up the definition of the social and cultural issues genre anywhere else outside of Innovative Editing. If you do, you might find
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Aug 7, 2018
- 3 min
When Writing Political Commentary Books
Last week, we covered true crime writing. So it only makes sense that we follow up with a closely related topic: writing political commentar
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jul 31, 2018
- 2 min
When Writing in the True Crime Genre, Don’t Call It the Good Stuff
I’d say we’re getting to the good stuff of the nonfiction world. Except that writing in the true crime genre is exactly that: writing about
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jul 24, 2018
- 3 min
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
I don’t care what anyone else says. I love reading historical nonfiction.
Holla if you’re with me!
No? Historical nonfiction isn’t cool en
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jul 17, 2018
- 3 min
Writing a Biography Means Making It ALL About Someone Else
There are so many fascinating stories to tell out there, many of which aren’t fictional. Real-life people, places, movements, ideas, inventi
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jul 10, 2018
- 3 min
What to Know When Writing One’s Autobiography
Last week, we were all about memoirs: non-fiction stories about particular times in authors’ lives. This week, we’re onto the well-respected
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jul 3, 2018
- 3 min
Oh, Dahling, I’m Writing My Memoir
“I’m writing my memoir” sounds like such a fancy phrase. It calls to mind worthwhile accomplishments and personal hurtles jumped and battles
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jun 19, 2018
- 3 min
Young Adult Fiction Isn’t a Genre (but Let’s Discuss It Anyway)
We’re officially up to one of my favorite groupings out there, right alongside fantasy and historical fiction: the young adult fiction genre
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jun 12, 2018
- 2 min
Real Examples of Middle Grade Fiction Writing (and No, They’re Not Harry Potter)
If you do a search for “middle grade fiction” writing online, you’re bound to come up with a Goodreads list or two on the first few pages.
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jun 5, 2018
- 3 min
Pretty Pictures, Wonderful Words: The Picture Book Genre Opened Up
Just the very mention of the picture book “genre” should make readers everywhere smile. Whether it makes them think about books they used to
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