7 Steps for Taking Your Work to the Next Level
55: 7 Steps for Taking Your Work to the Next Level
June 9, 2017
Five Things to Worry About
71: Five Things to Worry About
October 6, 2017
Look in Your Junk Drawer
72: Look in Your Junk Drawer
October 13, 2017
214: Become Your Own Editor
214: Become Your Own Editor
August 21, 2020
200: 200th Episode Celebration
200: 200th Episode Celebration
May 15, 2020
196: Poetry-Based Revision for Picture Books
196: Poetry-Based Revision for Picture Books
April 17, 2020
Verb-Perfect: 7 Tips to Fuel Your Writing
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Perfecting a manuscript means scrutinizing every sentence. Does each word deserve a place in the sentence? Does the sentence convey the action, viewpoint, meaning, and mood you intended? Verbs play a key…
188: Misunderstood Verbs
188: Misunderstood Verbs
February 21, 2020
How Do I Tell Where I Fail?
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > According to Dr. David Dunning, a psychology professor at Cornell, we are not good judges of our own competency. In other words, we aren’t very skilled at telling if we’re good at…
The “Feel” of Your Writing
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > “Everything is in the tone.”—Sherwood Anderson For a well-polished manuscript, make sure you use tone and mood effectively. Tone in fiction refers to an author’s attitude toward the characters and events in…
Picking the Right Word
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Polishing a manuscript involves both big picture corrections, such as plot issues or motivation issues for your characters, and incredibly small, picky bits where you’re really bringing out the shine in each…
Time for a Sound Check?
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > “Hearing” your manuscript with a reader’s ear As you polish your manuscript, you will likely review it numerous times, looking for ways to improve the content, style, and presentation. Some experts suggest…
Perfectionism Alert
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > How Polished Does It Need to Be? In the many views about the importance of polishing a manuscript, there are two opposite ends of the spectrum. First are the writers whose work…
Polishing the Point of View
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Drawing readers closer to your character Fiction offers readers the chance to “live” in another world while making emotional connections with characters. Award-winning author Nancy Kress says, “It lets us experience the…
180: Renee LaTulippe
180: Renee LaTulippe
December 29, 2019
178: Revision Power Tips
178: Revision Power Tips
December 14, 2019
168: Reshaping Your Story Part 2
168: Reshaping Your Story Part 2
September 27, 2019
Needful Things: Revision Begins on Page One
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > One of the first things to keep in mind about readers in 2019 is that they are extremely busy. At every moment, a myriad of options lay before most of us. We…
167: Reshaping Your Story Part 1
167: Reshaping Your Story Part 1
September 20, 2019
Guilty Secret: Revision is Not My Favorite Thing
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Some people adore revision. Theyo talk excitedly about belching out their stry in a rush of words and then relishing the time put into turning that rush into something a reader can love.…