Now, as a fiction editor, I see this one all the time—literally all the time. It’s one of those rules (a cardinal rule, actually) that new writers, …
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Rules of Writing, Part Two: Does Show Don’t Tell Matter, and Why?
Boy, do I hear a lot of grumbling over this one! In online writers’ groups and the Twittersphere and all over social media, the “in vogue” response to this is …
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What is Substantive Editing?
Isn’t it funny how “editing” has become such a confusing subject? Discussions abound, from writers’ conferences to Internet groups, and everywhere in …