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Maintain tone by avoiding subjective tension Sometimes when selecting which word to use, our aim is off. Usually, this can be resolved simply by thinking a little bit more about exactly what is meant and then changing that word.When our aim i…

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Make Story Interesting by Establishing Stakes – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for April 8, 2025 Plotting Your Book: Make Story Interesting by Establishing StakesThe plot of a story is more interesting and exciting if the characters have something to gain or lose. Because of this, the characte…

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Grammar Court: Judgment vs. Judgement Which spelling you use largely depends upon what side of the Atlantic you’re on. And if on the British side of the pond, then it’s only slightly more complicated.In American English, judgment (no e…

Grammar Court: Judgment vs. Judgement
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Editing Science Fiction and Fantasy - EFA Learn to help science fiction and fantasy authors fix issues with worldbuilding and exposition, flat character archetypes, and tropey plots.

I'll be teaching SF&F editing for the Editorial Freelancers Association this spring. If you'd like to edit genre fiction, this is a great way to start. Bonus: All EFA courses are currently on sale! #bookeditortips #writersky #scifi #fantasy #authorsky

5 Great Quotations about ‘Why Write?’ “To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write.” – Gertrude Stein“I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live…

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Five Great Quotations for Aspiring Authors “Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything really good.” – William Faulkner“The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the se…

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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 have the …

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Watch for comma splices in your writing In the old days when tape and film were used to record music and motion pictures, sometimes a little editing would have to be done. This might occur to shorten a piece to make it fit a certain leng…

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Five Great Quotations about Craft of Writing “Most people use twenty verbs to describe everything from a run in their stocking to the explosion of an atomic bomb. You know the ones: Was, did, had, made, went, looked… One-size-fits-all looks l…

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Grammar tip: To quickly confuse or not to confuse One way writers can confuse readers is to use a split infinitive.An infinitive is the word to with a verb, as in to build (e.g. Ron helped to build the house.). Sometimes this infinitive is split, …

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Five Great Quotations about Rules of Writing “There is no satisfactory explanation of style, no infallible guide to good writing, no assurance that a person who thinks clearly will be able to write clearly, no key that unlocks the door, …

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6 Sets of Commonly Confused Words • Bring vs. take  • Could’ve vs. could of  • Ingrained vs. engrained  • Startup vs. start-up vs. start up • Supercede vs. supersede …

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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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5 Tips and Tricks: Capitalization • Show some (dis)respect: capitalizing official titles• Capitalize nouns of direct address • Product names: To capitalize or not to capitalize?• Give, don’t capitalize, (na…

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12 Commonly Confused Words about Grammar • Advisor vs. adviser• Core vs. corps  • Pardon me, mam (or maybe it’s ma’am?) • Principle vs. principal • Who’s vs. whose  …

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6 Tips on Improving Your Writing’s Grammar • Improve writing by knowing parts of speech  • Avoid vague pronoun reference in your writing  • When writing, watch for pronoun agreement • How to fix …

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15 Commonly Confused Words/Spellings • ‘Alot’ vs. A lot vs. Allot• Do’s and don’ts vs. dos and donts• Peak vs. peek vs. pique• Who vs. that  • Wrap up vs. wrapup vs. wrap-up

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Grammar Court: Judgment vs. Judgement Which spelling you use largely depends upon what side of the Atlantic you’re on. And if on the British side of the pond, then it’s only slightly more complicated.In American English, judgment (no e…

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