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Building Your Confidence as a First Time Writer - Part 1
Doing something for the very first time always seems so daunting and many times we try to talk ourselves out of doing what we set out to do. Still, the nagging little voice in our heads keeps persisting and won’t let us quit. We visualize...
Good Copyediting is Essential to the Success of Your Book (5)
4. Paragraph Breaks How you choose to separate your paragraphs will depend on your personal preferences and whether you are writing fiction or certain kinds of non-fiction. Don’t make the awful mistake of mixing styles – I’ve seen it often enough and, believe me, it looks...
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6. Titles By ‘titles’ I don’t mean the title of your book or the titles of each individual chapter. Instead, I mean the titles of the people you write about, whether they are fictional or real persons. In practice, this often refers to their job title....
Good Copyediting is Vital to the Success of Your Book (4)
2. Apostrophes A common mistake that confuses and annoys readers involves the humble apostrophe. If this mistake occurs on the opening page of your novel, it may well cause the reader to give up there and then. As with the other errors I point out, it’s...
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Ten Top Tips for Good Copyediting 1. Quotation Marks Surprised? Most people expect spelling to be at the top of this list. Correct spelling is vital, of course, and we’ll get to that soon. So why on earth begin with quotation marks? Because nothing screams Amateur! like incorrect...
Monsters from Mesopotamian Myths
In How to Write a Unique Spooky Story, I wrote about how to write a unique spooky story by either creating your own monster, creature, or horror yourself or by finding a monster that is not well known. I advised finding a monster by researching...
Jamaican Monsters
In How to Write a Unique Spooky Story, I wrote about how to write a unique spooky story by either creating your own monster, creature, or horror yourself or by finding a monster that is not well known. I advised finding a monster by researching...
Mythical Creatures of Iceland
In How to Write a Unique Spooky Story, I wrote about how to write a unique spooky story by either creating your own monster, creature, or horror yourself or by finding a monster that is not well known. I advised finding a monster by researching...
The Writing Ritual That Worked For Me
I have tried many ways to keep focused over the years when I am starting a new writing project or facing dreaded writer’s block. I always try to set unrealistic goals of writing so many words every day and have failed miserably. I asked myself...
Good Copyediting is Vital to the Success of Your Book (2)
Get Organized for Maximum Effect There’s no such thing as a perfectly copyedited book. If you look hard enough, you’ll find that every book has its errors or things that could have been done better. Nobody’s perfect, after all. And while it’s right to aim for...