Revoking the grammar police's authority

Posted on 11/11/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

This post isn’t exactly a tip for authors, but we thought it might be a nice balm for anyone who’s ever been...

Tagged As: Editing, Language

Take a stroll through the three stages of editing

Posted on 11/01/2018 at 10:14 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

While it’s true that editing your own work can be a struggle, it’s also true that the more cleanup you do in...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Editing, Joanna Penn, Writing advice

Weighing your sentence-structure options

Posted on 09/04/2018 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Oftentimes, as native speakers, we have a sense for what sounds right but can’t explain why a particular phrasing...

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Tagged As: Editing, Grammar Girl

Rack your brains no longer!

Posted on 08/29/2018 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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We admit it — we often have to look up whether “rack” or “wrack” is correct. If you’...

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Tagged As: Editing, Grammar Girl, Podcast

Should you worry about cleft sentences?

Posted on 09/01/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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The good news about this Grammar Girl post: It doesn’t alert you to something ungrammatical you’re doing. Th...

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Tagged As: Editing, Grammar Girl

Answer these questions before hiring an editor

Posted on 08/11/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Ideally, before you hire an editor, you should know the answers to three questions: 1. When should I hire one? 2. Why am...

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Tagged As: Editing, Writer's Digest

5 ways to fix a bogged-down narrative

Posted on 08/06/2018 at 11:26 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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If you fear your writing drags — or, worse, if you’ve been told it does — there are concrete steps you...

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Tagged As: Editing, Writer's Digest, Writing advice

Punctuate like a professional, even if you're not one

Posted on 08/01/2018 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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It’s perfectly natural to feel anxious about punctuation. After all, it’s been years since you sat in that c...

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Tagged As: Editing, Joanna Penn, Writing advice

How to pick a professional editor (and more proofing tips)

Posted on 07/10/2018 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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We’re sharing more tips on how to edit your own book, this time from Natasa Lekic from New York Book Editors (via...

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Writers can and should edit their own work ... first

Posted on 07/09/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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While working on the copy desk at our college newspaper, we used to hear a certain reporter say carelessly, “Eh, t...

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Tagged As: Editing, Writing advice