Requisite, Prerequisite, and Perquisite
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Unnecessary Discourse, Talking Heads, and the British Butler Syndrome
Today editor Christy Distler tackles further pitfalls of dialog in our month-long look at Fatal Flaw # 8: Flawed Dialog…
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Using Beta Readers to Help You Write Your Best Novel
Today’s guest post is by editor and writer Stuart Horwitz: Writing is an act of communication, so it is only…
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Are You in a Dilemma or a Predicament?
When Oliver Hardy of the Laurel and Hardy comedy team accused his friend and partner Stan of getting them “into another fine mess,”…
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How to Write Dialog That Sounds like Real Speech
Today editor Linda Clare tackles further pitfalls of dialog in our look at Fatal Flaw # 8: Flawed Dialog Construction. If…
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Introducing Authors’ New, Free Entry into Libraries: SELF-e
Today’s guest post is by journalist and publishing consultant Porter Anderson: At the Writer’s Digest Annual Conference in New York…
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Are You Appositive about This?
Appositives are grammatical elements that may be restrictive or nonrestrictive in a sentence. Not positive you know what an appositive…
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Dialog Writing 101: Conversational Mechanics
This month our editors are taking a hard and tough look at Fatal Flaw # 8: Flawed Dialog Construction. Dialog…
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5 Tips for Making Writing a Daily Habit
Today’s guest post is by blogger Julie Ellis. What does it take to become a writer? Do you earn the…
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