Posted on September 17, 2024 at 9:51 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
We have three pieces from writing experts on ... well, on the topics of expertise and opinions.
Jane Friedman shared a guest post from author Cynthia Swanson discussing how, despite having a bestseller as a first novel, trad-pub kept declining her subsequent works — so she made the decision to stick with the stories she trusted and go indie.
But how do you come to that place of strength and self-trust? K.M. Weiland tackles the common problem of knowing when to seek advice and which bits of it to follow at Helping Writers Become Authors.
On the topic of which pieces to follow — C.S. Lakin explains what deep editing is and why all writers (even the biggest names) need it at Live Write Thrive.
What you don't need, though, is a religious adherence to rigid language rules, whether grammatical or stylistic, says Geoffrey K. Pullum, a professor and author, at Writer's Digest.
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