The Woman Behind the Writer: Sofya Tolstoy
Since contributing an essay to the book The Who, The What and the When: 65 Artists Illustrate the Secret Sidekicks[…]
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Category: Editing
I have no idea what I just said
Nothing makes your characters pop off the page like well chosen phrases in their dialog. Have her use specific, well[…]
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Shrieks, Rolling Stops, and…Punctuation?
Have you ever been ticketed for a rolling stop? In case you’re not familiar with the term, a rolling stop[…]
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5 Ways ChatGPT (or Other AI) Can Help You, Without Writing FOR You
It’s been about a year since ChatGPT demonstrated our scariest science fiction scenarios were looming on the horizon. And yet,[…]
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Words! Words! Words!
So sings julie Andrews as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, complaining about too many words said to her that[…]
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What is a beta reader and do I need them?
Writers and readers hear terms bandied about and don’t often understand them. Beta readers was a new one to me[…]
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3 Tips on Writing What You Know (without confusing people)
Sometimes writing what you know too well can leave readers scratching their heads. How to strike a balance between too deep of a dive and a fascinating peek?
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Spinning and Tilting While Rewriting
Not spinning as in exercising on a bicycle or as in making yarn or as in weaving a tale. And[…]
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