Reading time: About 4 minutes You know editing is important. But do you know the five different types of editing, and how to hire the right type of editor for your book? One of the most confusing issues for new writers is that there are so many different types of […]
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Reading time: Just over 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post about bad writing habits… I am obsessed by habits. I know they make
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Viewing time: 4 mins 35 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #174, which addresses how to make your content unique. The post first ran
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from Ronan Farrow…. If you want to read the best, most detailed, most downright thrilling (albeit it in a creepy way) of
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Reading time: About two minutes Thomas Harrison says that the first draft of any piece of writing is often terrible. “But it’s always easier to edit, and to polish a found diamond in the rough,” he adds. Thomas Harrison is a teacher, lawyer and creative multi-disciplinary artist who lives on
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Before you accuse anyone of dumbing down writing, make sure you understand what your readers really need…. Many years ago, I ran an editing workshop for a publishers association. It seemed to be going well, until… I suggested participants edit their writing (for dust jacket
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post about words you never need in a sentence…. When I was in university,
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Viewing time: 5 mins 3 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #173, which describes what happens when you’re struggling with advice from an editor.
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Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about personification from Colum McCann…. Colum McCann is one of the finest writers I’ve ever read. His book Let The Great World Spin sits near the top of
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Mackenzie Thornton says that parts of writing are fun, but other parts of it are like banging your head against a wall… Mackenzie Thornton is an author, editor, and book reviewer. A graduate of the Humber College Book Publishing program, she has loved books since
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