In this post, J.D. Lasica of Authors A.I. shares how artificial intelligence can help authors write a better novel and questions whether A.I. could be a boon to future writers and authors.
Help your freelance writing land better with editors and increase your chances of getting published with these 11 proven tips for self-editing.
In this post, Kris Spisak shares 5 novel editing questions to ask before any next steps in the publishing process, including "does your story have a strong narrative drive," "is your protagonist too passive," and more.
Mackenzie Belcastro addresses writers who are despairing over their early drafts, highlighting five ways you can persevere and discover your story within them.
The rewrite is tougher than the draft. But the right rewrite strengthens your fiction into something that lasts to publication and gains a significant readership. Boost your novel-polishing skills with these seven strategies.
Learning how to catch wrong-word errors will help you prevent them and correct them while you're proof reading your work.
Here are 26 important items you should check when copy editing and proofreading your manuscript.
For every way our first drafts fail, they get us farther down the road to success. Here's what you can learn from your first draft.
As a longtime nonfiction book and magazine editor, I’ve given notes on revising numerous manuscripts and articles. Here's what all writers should know.
Here are a few things to consider after you’ve written your first love—uh—I mean draft.
I strongly recommend bloggers to turn off the autocorrect on your phone. And here are 10 reasons to assure you.
Writing is about getting down to it, about finding your way into the moment and sustaining the energy for as long as you can effectively. But the REAL writing is during revision.
There are important benefits of writing a novel or memoir from beginning to end before going back and starting again. Here are seven of them that you should know.
Is your manuscript too long? Many of the queries I receive begin, “In my 200,000-word novel….” I stop right there. As I tell all of my clients, I can’t sell anything over 120,000 words by a first-time writer. “Help me cut it,” they say, knowing that I spent some 15 years as an editor before becoming an agent.
Most manuscripts start out a little messy. Try these thoughtful approaches to polishing your prose.
Word repetition can really weigh down your writing and slow down readers. Try out these five simple ways to tackle word repetition and improve your writing skills.
Avoid these tempting traps, and save yourself from the kind of painful revision that can lead your manuscript to eternal damnation.
Is it a good idea to get feedback before you've finished your first draft or should you wait until it’s completed? Here's what you need to consider before handing off your work to others for critiquing.
Maybe I'm a nerd, but I love the editing process. I love recasting sentences to make them stronger, choosing specific words to make dialogue sing, correcting grammar until it's fit to print and drawing little squibblies all over the page (mainly because I like the way squibblies look). Honestly, I use editing marks so much that sometimes I get bored with the usual suspects and make up my own.
