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This past Sunday, I came across a Pearl’s Before Swine piece. The strip in question compares “how good investigative reporting works” with “

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

I’m reading a book titled Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker, PhD. It has nothing to do with creative

When you first open up a novel, you’re relatively clueless about its contents. Oh, you’ve seen the front cover and you’ve read the back-jack

Let’s talk about what you can accomplish when you put your mind to it, courtesy of creative writing. Particularly the novel side of creative

Once you’ve edited your first draft, it’s understandable if you expect your editorial journey to be automatically smoother thereafter. That

Of course I can’t find it now, but there’s an ad that keeps showing up in my Facebook feed. It goes something like: “Start a business blog!

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.

Last time I looked, it wasn’t posted yet. So don’t ask me for the link because I don’t have it. All the same, it doesn’t seem too early to

Writing a first draft is a sometimes heady, sometimes frustrating, sometimes debilitating experience. There’s a lot to it, what with: Comin

We’re back on the subject of pride regardless. So far, we’ve talked about how much positive pride we can get from creative writing-fueled re

Have you ever heard the argument that an omnipotent God can’t exist? It’s the one that starts and ends with the question: “Can God create a

As the only employee of Innovative Editing, I’m chief executive editor, assistant editor and editorial assistant all in one. That means I’m

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

I just watched the latest episode of The Bachelorette yesterday. Therefore, I think I’m in a good position to continue our discussion on the

Let’s start with this statement: Sometimes, plot holes happen. That’s our thesis right there. It’s meant as both a caution to those authors

I’m very proud of my novel, "Proving America," as well I should be. I worked very hard in researching the historical details that

Do you know what the average human attention span is? According to a Microsoft study, it’s eight seconds. Eight teeny, tiny seconds. That’

About a month ago, I stumbled onto a site called Enchanting Marketing. Personally, if I was naming the business, I probably would have gone

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