Don’t Get Sent to the Department of Redundancy
Today editor Robin Patchen tackles Fatal Flaw #3: Weak Construction. We’ve been examining this flaw all month, looking at the various…
Chasing Down Facts: Tips for Novelists about Police Procedure
Today’s post is part of a series on professionals sharing tips and expertise in order to help novelists convey accuracy in…
Don’t Be in Error of Circumlocution
Here’s a simple way to tighten up your writing: look for phrases using be in your passages. Verb phrases using…
Keeping It Real—Avoiding Weak Construction in Dialog
This month we’ve been tackling Fatal Flaw #3: Weak Construction. Our editors have so far shown many ways our writing can…
An Inside Look at Law and Lawyers: 5 Tips for Authors
Today’s post is part of a series on professionals sharing tips and expertise in order to help novelists convey accuracy in…
Avenge and Revenge
When you want payback, are you after revenge or do you mean to avenge someone? Avenge and vengeance have to…
Avoiding the Vague Swamp
This month we’re taking a hard look at Fatal Flaw # 3: Weak Construction. Last week editor Rachel Starr Thomson showed…
Infusing Medical Details into Your Fiction
For a number of weeks, we’re running a series featuring professionals sharing tips and expertise in order to help novelists convey accuracy in…
All Is Well When All Are Accounted For
The word all, as a subject, may take either a singular or plural verb. It depends on the context. Just…