🎃 Halloween reminder for writers:
Excise = to cut off
Exorcise = to expel
Precision matters, even on the spookiest night of the year. Which word pair haunts you?
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Excise = to cut off
Exorcise = to expel
Precision matters, even on the spookiest night of the year. Which word pair haunts you?
#EditingTips #WritingCommunity
October 31, 2026 at 2:21 PM
🎃 Halloween reminder for writers:
Excise = to cut off
Exorcise = to expel
Precision matters, even on the spookiest night of the year. Which word pair haunts you?
#EditingTips #WritingCommunity
Excise = to cut off
Exorcise = to expel
Precision matters, even on the spookiest night of the year. Which word pair haunts you?
#EditingTips #WritingCommunity
Good editing strengthens a story without losing the author's voice. What's your trickiest revision challenge: pacing, dialogue, or character development?
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November 2, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Good editing strengthens a story without losing the author's voice. What's your trickiest revision challenge: pacing, dialogue, or character development?
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Quick proofreading tip: If you keep repeating the same crutch words (like "just," "very," or "suddenly"), use the Find feature to hunt them down and cut them! ✂️📖 #EditingTips #AmWriting #IndieAuthor
What is your personal number one "crutch word" that always slips into your first drafts?
What is your personal number one "crutch word" that always slips into your first drafts?
November 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Quick proofreading tip: If you keep repeating the same crutch words (like "just," "very," or "suddenly"), use the Find feature to hunt them down and cut them! ✂️📖 #EditingTips #AmWriting #IndieAuthor
What is your personal number one "crutch word" that always slips into your first drafts?
What is your personal number one "crutch word" that always slips into your first drafts?
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5 Tips on Creating Suspense in Your Story
• How to create suspense in your fiction story • Use pacing to maintain sense of tension in story• Add ticking clock to create sense of urgency • Add reaction shots to heighten dramatic tension• Or…
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November 4, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Avoid sexism in indefinite pronouns
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Avoid sexism in indefinite pronouns
Indefinite pronouns – words like each, anyone, everything, no one, somebody – often prove controversial because for a good number of readers they can potentially be sexist.For exampl…
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November 2, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Avoid sexism in indefinite pronouns
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November 2, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Court is in session: Attorney v. lawyer
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Court is in session: Attorney v. lawyer
When you’re going to court, do you need and attorney or a lawyer?That all depends…if whoever you’re writing for is a real stickler for accuracy.Technically, an attorney conducts business for …
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November 4, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Court is in session: Attorney v. lawyer
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5 Great Tricks for Using MS Word’s Track Changes
If self-publishing, odds are you’re writing your manuscript in Microsoft Word and probably even formatting it using that software. You’ll likely use Word’s Track Changes function …
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November 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Thinking up a title that sells your nonfiction book
With nonfiction books, you’ll want to select a title that helps rather than hinders sales. A good title ensures that your book will be easy to find as it pops up in search engine queries; a bad tit…
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November 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
When to spell out numbers in a book
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When to spell out numbers in a book
Grammar rules about when to spell out whole numbers (one, two, three) and when to use numerals (1, 2, 3) vary greatly from publishing house to publishing house. It’s really a matter of style.M…
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November 1, 2026 at 6:06 AM
When to spell out numbers in a book
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Utilize Chekhov’s gun to make plot work
You’ve probably read at least one story in which upon reading their climax in which the hero uses some object to help him achieve victory, thought to yourself, “How convenient that it was ther…
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October 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
I am constantly trying to trim unnecessary words from my drafts. Finding one single word that carries the whole thought makes every sentence punchier.
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October 26, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I am constantly trying to trim unnecessary words from my drafts. Finding one single word that carries the whole thought makes every sentence punchier.
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5 Great Tricks for Using MS Word’s Track Changes
If self-publishing, odds are you’re writing your manuscript in Microsoft Word and probably even formatting it using that software. You’ll likely use Word’s Track Changes function …
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October 28, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Thinking up a title that sells your nonfiction book
With nonfiction books, you’ll want to select a title that helps rather than hinders sales. A good title ensures that your book will be easy to find as it pops up in search engine queries; a bad tit…
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October 28, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Don’t burden us with a self-indulgent digression
Many writers pen stories to make a statement about an ethical or political issue. This is especially true in science fiction; the movie “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home”, for example, is largely abou…
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October 27, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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How to self-edit and revise your fiction story
Rarely does a writer create the perfect first draft. Usually several drafts are needed to get close to what the writer envisioned upon committing the story’s first word to paper or computer me…
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October 26, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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Avoid clever-author syndrome in storytelling
When we’ve mastered some skill – say ball handling in basketball – we often like to show off. So when we’re on the sidewalk with the neighbor kids, we’ll spin the ball on a finger or perform s…
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October 26, 2026 at 11:00 PM
#TuesdayTip: Before Novel November starts, build a style sheet to track your writing choices. Consistency makes drafting easier. ✍️
What’s one style choice you need to document?
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What’s one style choice you need to document?
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Free Style Sheet Template for Authors & Small-Business Teams
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October 27, 2026 at 5:31 PM
#TuesdayTip: Before Novel November starts, build a style sheet to track your writing choices. Consistency makes drafting easier. ✍️
What’s one style choice you need to document?
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What’s one style choice you need to document?
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Best outcome: Ensure vs. Assure vs. Insure
If there’s one thing for certain, and let me dispel any doubts you may have about it – in fact, I’d even take out a policy knowing I’d get paid out – it’s that someone will mix up these three words…
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October 25, 2026 at 6:05 AM
⚾ Hyphen or en dash in sports scores?
Associated Press style: 4-3
Chicago style: 4–3
Either works. Just stay consistent. Which does your style guide use?
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Associated Press style: 4-3
Chicago style: 4–3
Either works. Just stay consistent. Which does your style guide use?
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October 24, 2026 at 1:02 AM
⚾ Hyphen or en dash in sports scores?
Associated Press style: 4-3
Chicago style: 4–3
Either works. Just stay consistent. Which does your style guide use?
#StyleGuide #EditingTips
Associated Press style: 4-3
Chicago style: 4–3
Either works. Just stay consistent. Which does your style guide use?
#StyleGuide #EditingTips
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Don’t burden us with a self-indulgent digression
Many writers pen stories to make a statement about an ethical or political issue. This is especially true in science fiction; the movie “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home”, for example, is largely abou…
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October 23, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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Remain wary of using fast-forward in story
A literary device that’s often overused by novice writers is that of the fast-forward. This involves taking the story out of its timeline by going to a point in the future. In doing so, the scene r…
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October 22, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Common publishing mistake #40: trusting autocorrect with punctuation.
Quotes mix, dashes drift, and ’90s becomes ‘90s. Pick one house style and sweep for it before upload.
Which punctuation habit keeps sneaking back?
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Quotes mix, dashes drift, and ’90s becomes ‘90s. Pick one house style and sweep for it before upload.
Which punctuation habit keeps sneaking back?
#EditingTips #BookSky
October 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Common publishing mistake #40: trusting autocorrect with punctuation.
Quotes mix, dashes drift, and ’90s becomes ‘90s. Pick one house style and sweep for it before upload.
Which punctuation habit keeps sneaking back?
#EditingTips #BookSky
Quotes mix, dashes drift, and ’90s becomes ‘90s. Pick one house style and sweep for it before upload.
Which punctuation habit keeps sneaking back?
#EditingTips #BookSky
Five Great Quotations about Reading
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Five Great Quotations about Reading
“…reading and writing were not the same – you couldn’t just soak it up then squeeze it out again.” – David Nicholls“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t…
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October 21, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Five Great Quotations about Reading
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