Internal Monologue

My last blog post, about point of view, was so packed with information that I decided to wait to write about internal monologue, a topic I would normally include in…

Point of View

One of the first things a writer does when starting a new story is choose a point of view. This important step should be done with intention, as point of…

While Your Editor Works . . .

Your editor's first pass will likely be long and slow. Editing does not happen as quickly as reading does. A heavy copyedit can sometimes mean completing as few as 1,000…

It’s All in the Details

In this post we’re going to get into the nitty-gritty of self-editing, on the level of punctuation and typographical emphasis.You may be wondering, Why worry about this? Isn’t this the…