Let Your Writing Time Put Your Mind and Body in a Peaceful Place

When we sit down to write, we psychically enter a sanctuary. This safe haven is our own personal space where we can say whatever is on our mind, where we can talk about what matters most to us…

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Passive voice is not a mistake. It is a tool with specific jobs.
"The window was broken sometime before dawn." The mystery is the point. The actor vanishing is doing work.
The real problem is passive voice you did not choose. Over 20 percent in narrative writing and you are probably hiding your actors without realizing it.

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Passive Voice: When It Works and When It Drains Your Prose

Passive voice is not the villain writing teachers make it out to be. But it does have a cost, and knowing your percentage is the first step to using it on purpose.

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Frame Story Useful in Limited Situations

Sometimes when plotting a novel, rather than jumping right into the action you may want to use a frame story to set up the main tale.A frame story – also referred to as a frame …

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Five Great Quotations about Theme

“Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.” – Alan Moore“There is no doubt fiction makes a bett…

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How do you know when your book is done?

Some writers rush to get a book out, even though it’s full of typos or major flaws plague the story arc. A good many writers, however, never even reach the publishing stage because they’re still “w…

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Go singular with collective nouns

Is an organization singular or plural? While an organization seems to be one entity, it often consists of a number of people and departments, suggesting that “plural” is the right answer.An organiz…

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6 tax matters U.S. indie authors should consider

Once you’ve set up your self-publishing business – and especially if you expand it to be more than just an author collecting royalties – you’ll have to file additional tax forms beyond the 1040 if …

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Sorry millennials, Gen Z isn’t reading all that copy

The internet has found a new way to pit millennials against Gen Z, and this time, brands are joining the group chat.

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Your best bet: Could’ve vs. could of

Here’s a writing tip you can take to the races.Sometimes we’ve misheard an expression all through our lives and then repeat that error in our writing. Could of, should of and would of are fine exam…

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