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Developmental Editing vs Line Editing

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Developmental Editing vs Line Editing
Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well. Today, I’m exploring the differences between a developmental edit and a line edit and why it’s important to do them in the right order. So, Let’s jump right in. Developmental Editing vs Line Editing Developmental editing looks at whether or not the overall structure of the book works. Line editing looks at whether the sentences work. They sound similar because they both involve someone going through your manuscript with a careful, critical eye—but they serve completely different purposes, and doing them in the wrong order can waste a lot of time.
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November 10, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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Three potential ways to end your story
In every story, there comes a turning point or an ultimate moment in which the situation has become so intolerable that the main character must take a decisive step and emerge victorious. This scen…
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November 5, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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Guest Post: Real problems, Real Solutions. by Hank Quense
Real problems, Real solutions. by Hank Quense  Let's be honest. Writing a book isn't the only hard part. After you write it, then you ha...
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November 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Three potential ways to end your story
In every story, there comes a turning point or an ultimate moment in which the situation has become so intolerable that the main character must take a decisive step and emerge victorious. This scen…
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October 3, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Three potential ways to end your story
In every story, there comes a turning point or an ultimate moment in which the situation has become so intolerable that the main character must take a decisive step and emerge victorious. This scen…
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October 2, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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Three potential ways to end your story
In every story, there comes a turning point or an ultimate moment in which the situation has become so intolerable that the main character must take a decisive step and emerge victorious. This scen…
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August 30, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Happy New Year 🥳
Many writers will have made a New Year's Resolution to write more.
So let's help our #writingcommunity!
Post your TOP tip that helps you to write and let's motivate and inspire others to get writing!

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January 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Pain is part of the healing process.

Creative, as you get unblocked, at first, it’s going to hurt. You’ll have questions. Doubts. Uncertainties.

It will feel better in time. Don’t stop.

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Pain is part of the healing process. It will feel better in time.
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July 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Could you exercise only once and expect to improve?

Our lives are not about individual moments of success. You're moving in the right DIRECTION even if you only write a couple of words.

All progress counts.

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Could you exercise only once and expect to improve? Of course not.
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July 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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It's my 19th anniversary! Something I've learned over those years may help you now, and I share it with everything in my heart:

No creative work you did was ever, EVER wasted.

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It's my anniversary! So hey, here's something to know.
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June 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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We're wired for approval. However, we do not NEED it to create.

Creative, this is your sign: Eventually, your people will come along, but for now, we must learn to create even when no one cheers us on.

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We're wired for approval. However, we do not NEED it to create.
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June 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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I PROMISE you, someone wants to see what you made.

I know it doesn't feel like it. That feeling is a lie.

Keep creating. You’ll find your people in time. Just don’t stop making new things.

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Yes, someone wants to see what you made.
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June 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Spite gets you moving, like a cartoon setting a rocket under your seat.

Spite, however, cannot KEEP you going. Why? Because it keeps your focus on people you can never please.

Creation is for you.

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Spite can get you going, but it can't keep you going.
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June 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Creative, if you wanted to be a dancer, but never danced, would you be a dancer?

If you used AI to create a person dancing, you still wouldn't be a dancer, would you?

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It's time to do the work yourself.
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June 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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It’s fear that’s holding you back, NOT high standards.

Done is better than perfect.

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Done is better than perfect.
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June 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Today is NO-SHAME FRIDAY!

Today, we dive into self-indulgence, have fun with making something just for us, and remember why we love to create in the first place.

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It's NO-SHAME FRIDAY! 🎉
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June 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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There are two kinds of expectations on you, creative: those you can't control, from the outside, and your own.

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Let's talk about expectations.
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June 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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You can show up even when your muse doesn’t. That’s how you teach your brain that creation is your NORMAL.

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You can show up even when your muse doesn’t.
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June 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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You have permission to create. To return to your favorite story, song, art. You have not missed your chance.

You were BORN with it as a human being who makes art.

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The power of permission
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June 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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When your time is crunched, the thing you usually drop is creativity.

This week, your creativity is NOT on the chopping block. It’s time to prepare to make a creative plan.
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This week, your creativity is NOT on the chopping block.
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June 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Five years from now, you will still be five years older. So that piece which will take five years to do? You might as well do it.

The time will pass anyway, right?
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The time will pass anyway. Might as well use it creating.
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June 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Brené Brown said you deserve to be in environments that bring out the softness in you, not the survival in you.

This applies to your art.

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Creation is natural. Don't do it at the tip of a whip.
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June 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Creative, the moment you say, "I can't," you prove that you CAN create something—you just have let it be wrong.

Breaking the habit of not creating is more important than getting it "right." #tipsforwriters #tipsforartists #2rulerecovery

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Yes, you CAN make something.
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June 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Creative, hear me: you are not weak.

You are not “too late.”

You are living in exhausting times; none of that means your talent is leaking away.

You can still do this.
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You are not weak.
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June 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Breaking bad habits is hard because your body and brain will always cling to your “normal,” even if "normal" is bad for you.

You CAN break form better ones—but it's going to require patience.

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You control your "normal."
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June 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM