Think About Your Second Draft This Way, Not That Way
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, applies to “Second Draft.” Since that two-word conc
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jul 11, 2017
- 3 min
What to Expect From Your Novel Manuscript’s First Draft
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is for “First Draft.” Which – let me tell you – is
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jul 4, 2017
- 3 min
Let’s End This
For today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, we’ve done it! Or just about anyway, since all
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jun 27, 2017
- 4 min
How to Handle a Story’s Stage No. 4: the Plot’s Falling Action
For today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, we’ve moved past a story’s beginning, its risin
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jun 20, 2017
- 3 min
This Is Where It All Goes Down… Literally (and Literarily)
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is for the word “Climax.”
In the literary world, w
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jun 6, 2017
- 4 min
How to Begin a Story: Story-Building Step No. 1
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is for “Exposition.”
In snotty literary circles –
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Jeannette DiLouie
- May 30, 2017
- 3 min
Your Writing Style Is Marvelous, Dahling – Simply Marvelous – Except When It’s Not
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is for “Style.” As in writing style. As in yours.
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Jeannette DiLouie
- May 23, 2017
- 4 min
Your Point of View is Stupid!
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is for “Point of View.”
And no, yours isn’t actual
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Jeannette DiLouie
- May 16, 2017
- 3 min
Dialogue Tags: Not Just What He Said but How He Said It
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Dialogue Tag.”
You know how, last week, I wrot
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Jeannette DiLouie
- May 9, 2017
- 2 min
“So What’s the Deal With Dialogue,” She Asked.
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Dialogue,” also known as a major inducer of hea
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Jeannette DiLouie
- May 2, 2017
- 3 min
Do You Smell That? Setting Is in the Air!
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Setting,” which might not be as simplistic as y
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Apr 25, 2017
- 3 min
Secondary Characters Are Important Too
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is about “Secondary Character.” And the description
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Apr 18, 2017
- 3 min
Who’s Your “Bad Guy?”
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Antagonist.”
Traditionally seen as the “bad gu
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Apr 11, 2017
- 3 min
Your Protagonist Doesn’t Have to Be a Good Guy
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Protagonist,” which pretty much means your main
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Apr 4, 2017
- 3 min
The Complexity of Characters
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Character.”
Now, when most writers think of “c
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Mar 28, 2017
- 3 min
Subplots: A Great Way to Spice Up Your Story
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Subplot.”
A subplot is a story line that takes
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Mar 21, 2017
- 3 min
A Story’s Plot Takes a Premise and Runs With It
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Plot.”
If you’ve been following along with the
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Mar 14, 2017
- 3 min
Your Story Literally Doesn’t Exist Without a Premise
Today’s Writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Premise.”
And the title above, “Your Story Lit
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Mar 7, 2017
- 3 min
There’s a Lot Packed Into a Short Story
Today’s Writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Short Story.”
At its most basic, a short story
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Feb 28, 2017
- 3 min
The Surprisingly Serious Realm of the Little-Known Novella
Today’s Writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Novella.”
Since I’ve never written a novella n
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