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Improve Your Writing Skills. Put Your Writing on a Diet.

February 14, 2014 by Kathy Steffen 1 Comment
A Diet Program for your Writing

You want the essence of your writing to come through, but needless words and phrases can get in the way and weigh down your prose. Solution: put your writing on a five-step diet.

Posted in: Revision, Writing Craft, Writing Tips Tagged: editing, revision, writing tips

Powering Up Your Prose with Line Editing

June 5, 2013 by Amy Knupp 3 Comments

So you’ve finished a draft of your manuscript. Congratulations! That’s an accomplishment scores of people dream of and only a small percentage of determined writers achieve. The next step is, of course, revising your manuscript, maybe after getting a critique partner’s input or receiving feedback from a contest judge or an editor. You’re done with … [Read more…]

Posted in: Revision, Writing Craft, Writing Tips Tagged: copyeditor, grammar tips, line editing, revision

5 Must Checks in Book Revisions

November 2, 2012 by Lori Devoti 6 Comments
book revision

I’m in the middle of book revisions right now for the third book in my Dusty Deals Mystery series.  I’m not actually done with the book yet, but I took a break from writing this novel to go back and revise a few things that were bugging me. I do this at times if something … [Read more…]

Posted in: Revision, Writing Craft Tagged: revision, writing characters

Revision Checklist for Compelling Characters

September 28, 2012 by Kathy Steffen 3 Comments
Piercing Eyes

Without compelling characters your book will get tossed aside faster than a vacuous date. What pieces do you need in place? Here’s a checklist for the all-important rewrites.

Posted in: Characters, Revision, Writing Craft Tagged: characters, novel writing, revision

How to Revise: Six Steps to Story Strength

September 19, 2012 by Kathy Steffen 9 Comments

Any of the following will cause story-strength fail. Fix them and your story will engage your reader through the end of your book and beyond.

Posted in: Revision, Writing Craft Tagged: editing, novel writing, revision
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