Writers only need a pen, a piece of paper, and an idea. But, at least in my house, by the time you’ve found the pen and the paper, the idea has fled for warmer climes. So here’s a look at a few somewhat-essential tools for the writer.
This list has two ideas behind it: 1.) Money [...]
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I’m going to fail you today.
I don’t have the answers. I’ve got some ideas. I’ve got techniques for making sure your readers make it all the way to your last sentence, but not the end-all, be-all. I’m hoping you can fill in the blanks.
Without further ado, here are 10 tricks you [...]
Aspiring novelists are always intimidated by the classics, especially when it comes to writing the opening of the novel.
There are a lot of people out there telling you how you should and shouldn’t write. Truth is, they don’t care how well you write, they’re just interested in selling you a book or getting hired as a writing coach.
Copyeditors get a bad rap. They’re often portrayed as bookish, bow-tie wearing snobs whose raison d’etre is to suck the life out of the written word. This is unfair: They often don’t wear ties.
A new year means a new perspective, a new attitude, and new techniques. So, in honor of 1/1, we’ve asked the best writers, editors, and readers for their N0. 1 writing tips. Put them to good use.
In the spirit of reflection, Pro Writing Tips offers you our 10 most popular writing tips of 2008.
It is important to know the eight parts of speech to craft intelligent, and intelligible, sentences. You use them all the time, but if you forget the difference between an adjective and adverb, you wind up coining new usages and infuriating copy editors.
We already did a post about commonly confused words. This list deals specifically with homophones that are easily mistaken. Homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings. (No wonder English is the hardest language to learn!) These sets of homophones can trick even the most talented of writers.
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With today’s blooming economy, rising salaries and ample employment opportunities, it may be time to consider leaving your job. Perhaps you’d like to write a novel, travel, or just spend some quality time on the couch. After all, it’s an employee’s market out there.
It’s a new world out there — a world custom-made for [...]
