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Your planned publishing path is very important to the decisions about what kind of editing to get and how much to pay for them.

Agents and editors look for manuscripts that need occasional tweaks but already have a solid writing style and author voice.

Adverbs get a bad rap in writing circles. Unfortunately, this is one of those writing "rules" that doesn't provide enough detail

Hopefully you've already read my posts about getting ready for an editor , budgeting , and choosing the type of editing you need, as...

In order to hire an editor who will be worth your time and money, you need to figure out what you are hiring an editor to do. There are...

When you are planning to hire an editor, knowing your budget is an important step to make sure you release a finished book.

Are you ready for an editor?

This post covers some basic definitions of the typical types/stages of editing.

Dialogue can be tricky. Instead of being told by your usual narrator, dialogue lets each of your characters speak for themselves. The...

Here are some tips for using simple mechanics to help readers keep the speaker straight.

Every writer has heard this advice: Show, don't tell. It's all over the online writing communities. But the advice is a flawed rule

When writing dialogue, it can feel like you are writing an endless stream of names, pronouns, and dialogue tags. It can be a delicate...

A conversation which doesn’t effect the story, no matter how dynamic, realistic, and well-written, will feel like an unnecessary aside.

One common mistake that writers make is to describe the character sensing or thinking about things, rather than to describe them directly.

The main character is the thread that pulls the the plot forward. They are the point of view that readers are getting the story from.

The inciting incident is where you make the promises to your readers about what is going to happen in the climax.

A good story needs more than a beginning and an ending. The connecting moments make up most of your plot.

The climax is the most important part of every plot. It should be the moment that everything builds up to from the very first page.

It can be terrifying to share your work. Getting feedback can be frustrating and embarrassing, or it can be really helpful and reassuring.

Books are fun because they can get inside other people’s heads. You can experience another life through another person.