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Punctuation Series: How to Edit Hyphens
In the world of grammar and punctuation, there are three types of dash (hyphen, en dash, and em dash).…
August 22, 2019-
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Punctuation Series: How to Edit the Em Dash
In the world of grammar and punctuation, there are three types of dash (hyphen, en dash, and em dash).…
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Punctuation Series: How to Edit En Dashes
In the world of grammar and punctuation, there are three types of dash (hyphen, en dash, and em dash).…
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Punctuation Series: How to Edit Lists
Presentation is everything, especially when it comes to the publishing world. And your presentation of punctuation is crucial to…
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Punctuation Series: How to Edit Punctuation Marks
Presentation is everything, especially when it comes to the publishing world. And your presentation of punctuation is crucial to…
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Punctuation Series: How to Edit Modifiers
Presentation is everything, especially when it comes to the publishing world. And your presentation of punctuation is crucial to…
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Punctuation Series: How to Capitalize Tricky Words
Presentation is everything, especially when it comes to the publishing world. And your presentation of punctuation is crucial to…
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Punctuation Series: Four Ways to Edit Commas
Presentation is everything, especially when it comes to the publishing world. And your presentation of punctuation is crucial to…
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How to Edit Your Character
We’re heading into a New Year. Perhaps you’ve finished a novel during Nanowrimo. Maybe you’re plotting a new story…
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Five Ways to Edit Dialogue
When thinking about the dialogue in our story, whether fiction or nonfiction, we must consider perspective. With each story,…
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How to Take an Editing Break
In light of conference season coming to a close, I thought I’d take a moment and deviate from my…
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Editing Like a Director
Hello! How’s your editing been going for you? I hope you’re seeing great improvement, but if you’re at a…
September 22, 2018 -
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How to Think Like an Editor Part 2
Writing is a funny art because agents and editors (freelance and publishing house) tell us to write, write, write…
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How to Think Like an Editor
Writing is a funny art, isn’t it? Agents and editors (freelance and publishing house) tell us to write, write,…
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Editing Dialogue
Many writers are introverts and don’t prefer to talk a lot. Some writers are extroverts and love to talk.…
June 22, 2018 -
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Editing Is Psychological
Yes. That’s right. Psychological. I promise not to go too deep. Please keep reading. In editing our own manuscripts,…
May 22, 2018 -
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Editing the Plot
Okay. Most of you (myself included) admit it’s challenging and exciting to plan the next book. It must be…
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Editing the Scene by Tisha Martin
When I first started writing back in the dark ages, my scenes were terrible. I didn’t have anything for…
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Editing the Beginning By Tisha Martin
With my cursor at Chapter 1 in my WWII historical fiction novel, I hit Ctrl+Enter and sighed. Beginning a book…
February 22, 2018
