Analyze Your Sentences for these Three Errors
It’s easy to accidentally mix constructions so your sentence parts don’t fit together.
Editing
Avoid These Mistakes in Narration, Tense, and Voice
Writing can become unclear when you change the narration abruptly for no apparent reason. There are three types of confusing shifts to watch out for.
How to Give Helpful Story Critiques
Follow these techniques to give helpful feedback on someone else’s work.
Editing Explained, Part 4: Proofreading
The goal is to make everything look as perfect as possible before publication or submission to an editor.
Editing Explained, Part 3: Copy Editing
Copy editing is formatting everything according to a style guide and fixing inconsistencies.
Editing Explained, Part 2: Line Editing
Line editors focus on paragraph-level issues instead of broader story issues.
Editing Explained, Part 1: Substantive Editing
Substantive editing is the first step after your draft is complete, and should occur before correcting grammar, punctuation, or word choice.
On Crushing Writers’ Dreams
No one prepared me for how bad I would feel potentially crushing writers’ dreams by rejecting their query letters.
What is a Writer’s “Voice”?
If Douglas Adams, J. R. R. Tolkien, and J. K. Rowling wrote stories based on the same plot outline, the resulting novels would be completely different.
