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Common Writing Terms

What Is a Palindrome in Writing?
Grammar

What Is a Palindrome in Writing?

Jul 29, 2021
What Is a Blurb in Writing?
Marketing

What Is a Blurb in Publishing?

Jul 18, 2021
What Is an Anagram in Writing?
The Writer's Life

What Is an Anagram in Writing?

May 19, 2021
What Is a Personal Essay in Writing?
Personal Essays

What Is a Personal Essay in Writing?

May 8, 2021
What Are Multiple Submissions in Writing and Publishing?
Submissions & Proposals

What Are Multiple Submissions in Writing and Publishing?

Apr 30, 2021
What Are Simultaneous Submissions in Writing and Publishing?
Submissions & Proposals

What Are Simultaneous Submissions in Writing and Publishing?

Apr 28, 2021
What Is a Plotter in Writing?
Business of Writing

What Is a Plotter in Writing?

Apr 12, 2021
What Is a Pantser in Writing?
Business of Writing

What Is a Pantser in Writing?

Apr 11, 2021
What Is the Slush Pile? (Publishing FAQs)
Business of Writing

What Is the Slush Pile?

Mar 22, 2021
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Writing Techniques

What Is Flash Fiction?

Jan 2, 2021
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Plot

What Is a Narrative Arc (or Story Arc)?

Nov 13, 2020
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The Writer's Life

Literary Scavenger Hunts: The MacGuffin & Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Sam Spade, and Others

Sep 30, 2019
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Publishing FAQs

What Is (and Isn't) High Concept Fiction, and How Do You Pitch It?

Sep 24, 2018
What is Hybrid Publishing? Here Are 4 Things All Writers Should Know
Self Publishing

What is Hybrid Publishing? Here Are 4 Things All Writers Should Know

Aug 11, 2016
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Plot

What is a Denouement?

Dec 4, 2014
What's New

What is the Throughline of a Novel? (And Why It's Important You Have One)

Aug 28, 2012
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What's New

What is a Minor Character: Understanding the Minor Characters' Role

May 1, 2012
What Is a Poetry Chapbook?
What's New

What is a Poetry Chapbook?

Jan 3, 2012
Publishing

What is a Kill Fee?

Aug 11, 2009
What is Upmarket Fiction? Defining the Classification
Publishing Insights

What is Upmarket Fiction? Defining the Classification

Mar 19, 2009
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How to Improve Writing Skills

What is a book doctor? Should I pay to have my book edited before submitting it?

Dec 5, 2008
Formatting

What is a Logline?

Feb 26, 2008