How to deal with the mistakes and mishaps you missed while you were writing your masterpiece.
https://annerallen.com/2018/02/plot-holes-and-pot-holes-8-common-mistakes/
Category Archives: Revision
3 Things I Love Lucy Can Teach You About Writing Tics
Identifying and dealing with those pesky little things you do as a writer that can annoy your readers.
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/what-i-love-lucy-can-teach-you-about/#
Keep it Simple: Keys to Realistic Dialogue (Part II)
Cris Freese continues with the informative post from Eleanore D. Trupkiewicz, whose short story, “Poetry by Keats,” took home the grand prize in WD’s 14th Annual Short Short Story Competition.
Keep it Simple: Keys to Realistic Dialogue (Part I)
Cris Freese shares with us (via Writer’s Digest) some rules for keeping dialogue simple and realistic. It may not meet all the rules of grammar, but it does accurately reflect the things that people actually say.
Are You Overusing Passive Verbs?
Using active action verbs in your writing can bring your it to life so that it jumps off the page and your reader will have to follow suit to keep up.
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/are-you-overusing-passive-verbs/
Words Are Radical! (or, How to Cherish Language)
Writers are responsible for cherishing and guarding our language. So hoist up your dictionaries and thesauruses and enter the fray.
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/words-are-radical-or-how-to-cherish-language/
How to outline a book without killing the fun of writing it.
Too often when talking about outlining a writer will complain, “but then I’ll know how it ends and lose interest.” Here are some tips on how to keep the interest and the fun in it from Roz Morris.
How to Turn Your Writing World Around, Part 1: Setting and Detail
Renew the world of your story by focusing on the basics of setting and detail.
How to Make Readers Feel Your Characters’ Emotions
Portraying your characters deeply felt emotions is so much more powerful when viewed through the lens of their actions and not the writer telling the reader what is being felt. Show don’t tell.
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/bring-character-emotion-to-life-through/
How to Get Readers to Lust After Your Book
Some excellent tips from James Scott Bell on how to capture the imagination (at the very least) of your readers.
https://killzoneblog.com/2015/04/how-to-get-readers-to-lust-after-your.html
Odd Sock Proofreading & Copyediting 