Needless words, the weak and the pointless words steal power from your writing. We all let them sneak in during the first draft, so don’t panic – you’re not alone. It’s what we do about them later that counts. Removing…
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Self-editing and the indie writer-publisher It’s always easier to see the errors in someone else’s writing and miss the obvious during our self-editing. For an indie writer-publisher, aside from making sure you produce quality work, your presentation can be the…
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Targeted Editing – Editing for Awesomeness – Part 4 In review, again, here’s the list of each area you want to focus on during your targeted editing. Ares of Focus for Your Targeted Editing Passive voice Summary narration Unnamed characters…
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A couple decades ago, a skills resume was unheard of. Instead, the resume trend was to list out every job you ever had and include every duty and responsibility that went with them. Three, four, and five page resumes…
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Character Development – Give Characters Your Soul Character Development is the single most important thing you can put energy into for your character-driven story. “What? Is it over? He can’t die!” That reaction? You should aim for it with every…
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Create a Rockin’ Resume As a hiring manager in my “other other” job as well as having spent a lot of years writing them for people, I’ve become something of a resume expert. I work with HR and recruiters, vet…
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Targeted Editing – Editing for Awesomeness – Part 3 Once more, here’s our areas to focus on with our targeted editing. This list covers most of the bases, so do make use of it in a way that makes the…
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Targeted Editing – Editing For Awesomeness – Part 2 Again, here’s your focus list for your targeted editing. I’ve broken it out here by association, but feel free to make use of the list in the order that makes the…
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A targeted editing approach to your writing may be your best route to achieving your end goal of making someone want to buy it. At some point, you’re going to get to the end of whatever you’re writing and will…
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