Want to Break Writing Rules? Gain Readers’ Trust
Just as there are risks to breaking writing rules, there’s risk in emphasizing them too much as well. And what does “strong writing” really mean when it comes to developing our voice?
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How Can We Get Away with Breaking Writing Rules?
It’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, and this time we’re talking about the lessons we can learn from stories that successfully break writing “rules.”
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Writing Craft Master Lists: Filling in the Blanks—Parallelism
We’ve been working to ensure my mega-lists of writing craft skills for story development, line editing, and copy editing are as complete as possible. Today, we’re diving into a deeper explanation of parallel sentence structures.
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Are Speedbumps Holding Back Your Writing?
Sometimes books don’t earn a “perfect” review because of minor problems. Let’s talk about some of the small issues that might hold back our work from being as good—or as great—as it could be.
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Writing Craft Master Lists: Filling in the Blanks—Participle Phrases
Over the past two weeks, I shared my mega-lists of writing craft skills for story development, line editing, and copy editing. Before I offer those lists as downloadable checklists, let’s make sure the lists are as complete as possible.
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Writing Craft: Master List of Copy Editing Skills
With a “master list of craft skills,” we know what skills to study. Here’s my master list of Copy Editing skills. What craft skills do we need to understand and be able to apply to perfect our writing?
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Don’t Believe These Writing Myths: Part Two — Guest: Jeff Lyons
In Part Two, Jeff Lyons shares more of the most common writing myths and the lie and danger for us if we believe them. Learn the truth instead.
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4 Common Copy Editing Issues to Watch For — Guest: Julie Glover
I’ve mentioned before that I write very “clean,” which saves me money on editing. If we learn what we tend to get wrong and then watch out for those issues when writing, we can strengthen the skills that can help us write cleaner.
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Writing Habits: We Can’t Fix What We Don’t See
Virtually every program to change our habits starts with the same step: recognizing our habits. We can’t fix what we don’t see, know, or understand. Let’s take a look at some of the things we can do to identify our writing craft habits…so we can then work to improve them.
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Writing Craft: Balancing Rules and Voice
Many aspects of writing are subjective, so we often need to discuss how to find the right balance. One element we need to balance is the rules of writing versus our writing voice. How can we know when we should break the rules for the sake of our voice?
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