Posted on August 6, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
While your books might not necessarily have a specific word count, you don’t want them to feel wordy, especially if...
Posted on August 1, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
A paragraphing technique that bloggers and journalists make frequent use of can also benefit your fiction. That would be the...
Posted on July 29, 2021 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Deliberate repetition of words can make a stylistic point. Accidental repetition, on the other hand, can become annoying to both...
Posted on May 27, 2021 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
When you’re writing a British character for a British audience, you know to choose such spellings as “favourite,” “colour,” and...
Posted on May 25, 2021 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
As evidenced by the passionate fandoms for such epic novels as Gone With The Wind and War and Peace, length...
Posted on May 14, 2021 at 10:55 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Editor Louise Harnby opens her discussion of effective, compelling dialogue with a handy trick. Evaluate your dialogue by three measures:...
Posted on March 26, 2021 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
If you’ve been following our newswire for any length of time, you’ve become aware of the perils of “head-hopping.” That’s...
Posted on February 25, 2021 at 3:22 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Some editing and revising tips are like a deep clean of your house, while others are a nice surface-clean. Today’s...
Posted on February 18, 2021 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Louise Harnby's new post on viewpoint characters versus protagonists reminds us of geometry class — remember how a square is...
Posted on October 30, 2020 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Falling leaves, Halloween parties, discussions of when to use commas — it really feels like back-to-school season around here at...
