On Fridays, we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Avoid Wordiness To quote American writer William Strunk Jr., “A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason…
Read moreOn Fridays, we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Leading the Reader A writer who wants to lead an audience towards a conclusion must refrain from clipping on a leash and pulling too…
Read moreOn Fridays, we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Read the Tips Every Friday we put out a tip and prompt, read the writing tips and take what you will from them. Apply…
Read moreOn Fridays, we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Check Your Style Grammar rules in one style may be incorrect in another. In most popular writing styles for American English, a comma is…
Read moreOn Fridays, we like to share writing tips and trick with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Participle Phrases A participle phrase (a non-finite verb that can function as an adjective) that modifies a noun or pronoun must refer to the…
Read moreOn Fridays, we like to share writing tips and trick with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Never Give Up The journey to becoming a published author is not an easy one and it is easy to get discouraged. While writing…
Read moreOn Fridays, we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Keep a Writing Calendar On top of an active writing schedule, create a writing calendar. Note your writing goals and set realistic deadlines for…
Read moreOn Fridays, we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Careful Revisions The excitement of finishing your manuscript can lead to a hasty proofreading session. If you are the one editing your work, you…
Read moreOn Fridays, we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Foreword vs. Forward Avoid the common mistake that an unknowing author could make in their self-published book by confusing the two words “forward” and…
Read moreOn Fridays, we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Your Favorite Scene When developing a story, there is usually a line or scene that particularly strikes you. Develop this element first. Trying to…
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