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Let’s start out by being blatant and blunt here. As a content editor, I make my living by accepting payment from people who want to strengt

Two years ago, while going through a long list of writing terminology, Innovative Editing covered these three forms of fiction: Novel Novel

Hello, and welcome to The Genuine Writer’s Podcast episode 5. I’m your host, Jeannette DiLouie, and I just have one announcement to make bef

Thursday’s Writing Challenge was all about publishing your genre-specific book. And it included some great information. Admittedly, it migh

I don’t know about you, but I’m a fan of long sentences. I love adding in commas, hyphens, colons and semicolons to stretch them out in the

So you read Tuesday’s post, “Do You Really Know What a Genre Is?” And, for the record, you learned nothing. As it turned out, yes, you real

If you look up “Don’t write very” on Google – inside quotation marks – it will come up with 76,400 results. If you look up “Don’t use very”

Every writer out there thinks that he or she knows what a genre is. It’s insulting to insinuate that one of us might not, much less bluntly

Do you know what the difference between a bad beginning and a bad ending is? A bad beginning isn’t necessarily going to make readers never w

By their very definition, writing retreats are designed to give you the time and space you need to write. Not by very definition (but typica

Presentation 101 dictates that you need to know your writing audience. Know them as much as you reasonably can. It’s doubtful that you’re g

Should you go on a writing retreat? That depends on so many factors, including what gets you going and what inspires you to write. If you’

Writing character emotions in a believable and engaging manner can be difficult. And that’s putting it mildly. Writing character emotions i

Writing character emotions in a believable and engaging manner can be difficult. And that’s putting it mildly. Writing character emotions...

If you’re looking for an amazing writing retreat in the Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia or D.C. area, you’re in luck. Innovative Editing...

If you’re looking for an amazing writing retreat in the Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia or D.C. area, you’re in luck. Innovative Editing an

Podcast Audio Link: https://JDiLouie.podbean.com/mf/play/n7j47x/20190114_-_Forgiveness_Is_More_Than_Saying_or_Writing_Sorry.mp3 Podcast...

Welcome to Episode 3 of Innovative Editing’s The Genuine Writer Podcast. To start out, I want to let you all know that, “Forgiveness. Is mor

What are your thoughts about writing flash fiction? Be honest here. Do you relate more to Diana or Rachelle in the conversation below: Dian

What are your professional emails portraying you as? No doubt, you want the answer to be something positive. Personable. Polished. Prolific