6 Tips to Add to Your Word Count
Last week’s Professional Writing tip, “7 Tips to Cut Down Your Word Count,” explored exactly as advertised. It’s a great topic to cover for
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 10, 20203 min
Do This BEFORE You Call Your Novel Draft Finished
All the same, I have to say, he makes some very compelling, study-backed arguments for why we need it… in just about every facet of our phys
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 9, 20203 min
The Silliness of Some One-Size-Fits-All Writing Rules
Despite what so many experts and supposed experts want to tell you. When it comes to effective creative writing – or effective writing in ge
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 8, 20202 min
This Is When You're on a Final Draft
It may seem like we’ve gone off the tidy novel-writing rails these past few months. We talked about first drafts, only to jump to hooks – so
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 7, 20206 min
The Problem With History – 21st Century
If you’re just interested in reading a dashingly good spy story, then feel free to skip to the first chapter. These next few pages aren’t fo
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 4, 20203 min
“Show, Don’t Tell” Doth NOT a Writing Rule Make
In “Let’s Talk About ‘Show, Don’t Tell’” – published on Tuesday – I said we’d have a whole entire post about why it isn’t a writing rule. Pl
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 3, 20204 min
7 Tips to Cut Down Your Word Count
Last week’s Professional Writing tip, “Is Passive Voice Always Wrong? The Follow-Up,” explored how using – and not using – passive voice can
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 3, 20202 min
Let's Revisit the “Show, Don’t Tell” So-Called Rule
To start out blog post No. 2 on the “show, don’t tell” writing non-rule (again, more about this later)… let’s quote from blog post No. 1: "W
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 2, 20203 min
Engaging Creative Writers Achieve “Realistic” Results
Since you can’t please everyone… That was the title of The Genuine Writer’s post on August 25: the start of a series on what you can do to m
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 1, 20203 min
Let’s Talk a Bit About “Show, Don’t Tell”
When writing a novel, everyone wants to give you advice. Even people who have never penned a literary sentence in their life. “Put more of t
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 31, 20209 min
Not So Human - Chapter 31
Sabrina came around much more quickly than she would have liked. Exhausted and disoriented, she still knew where she was and what had happen
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 28, 20203 min
A Quick Clarification on Authorial Tone
Perhaps I should have led the literary tone series with this one. But it’s too late now, so let’s clear up what needs to be cleared up… Ther
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 27, 20203 min
Is Passive Voice Always Wrong? The Follow-Up
As I edited something for SEO purposes the other day, I found myself staring at a set of sentences. They featured something shocking. To put
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 27, 20203 min
Ask for Feedback on Your Literary Tone
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
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 26, 20203 min
Engaging Creative Writers Avoid the Obsession With Originality
Welcome to Part #3 of the “You Can’t Please Everyone” series, where we’re discussing how you can’t make all your readers happy… but you can
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 25, 20202 min
Your Tone Could Spell Out Your Success
On April 12, 2017, Success.com ran an article called “6 Tips to Rule the Art of Conversation.” It opened with, “The art of conversation is a
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 24, 202011 min
Not So Human - Chapter 30
Sabrina opened her mouth to scream but found that no sounds came out as Michael steered clear of the accident and kept right on going. Appa
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 21, 20203 min
Your Writing Style, Famous Authors and Critiques
Have you ever heard of the Inklings? As a writer and no doubt reader, it might ring a bell. Or it might not. But back in the 20th century, t
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 20, 20203 min
Knowing Your Phrases, Clauses and Sentence Fragments
Such a sexy, sassy title, right? Who doesn’t want to know more about phrases, clauses and sentence fragments? How much more fun can we poss
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 20, 20203 min
The Writing Style Challenge I Crossed an Ocean to Avoid
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 fac
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