Writing Craft Basics: How to Format Dialogue
We probably think we know everything about dialogue formatting already, but let’s make sure we know all there is to know before assuming.
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Need Advice from an Editor?
As we go through the editing process, we might have questions we wish we could ask a professional editor. How can we get our question answered?
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What Do You Do with Disappointment?
Disappointment is an unavoidable aspect of living, but how we react to the disappointment—or the failure to get what we want—can teach us about ourselves.
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Discovering What Matters: Editing and Your Life
What does the moving process have in common with the editing process? Both make us prioritize, purge, and question what matters.
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Writing and Publishing Are Full of Contradictions
Balance can be hard to find within the writing industry, especially as our publishing life is full of contradictions, leading to frustration and burnout.
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Happy New Year! Welcome to a Blank Page
The New Year can offer us an opportunity for making changes in our life, but for that we need a blank page on which we can create a new story for our life.
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Merry Christmas! What Successes Have You Had?
When we struggle, how can we focus on our successes? How can we recognize what we’re proud of, or what we’ve accomplished?
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The Best Reason to Blog — 2019 Edition
How can sharing our similar setbacks and struggles help us? We’re on common journeys, so we each know where others are coming from.
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Professional Beta Readers: What to Expect — Guest: CeCe Downs
If the usual beta-reading exchange doesn’t work for us, would a professional professional beta reader be good? What should we look for?
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What Styles of Drafting Work for You?
A drafting process that works for one might not work for another. However, NaNoWriMo can be a great time to experiment and see what writing process works for us.
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