Line Editing vs. Developmental Editing

Line Editing vs. Developmental Editing

I saw a comment in a Facebook group from an editor trying to convince a writer to skip the developmental edit because a line edit is “basically the same thing.” 🚩🚩🚩 This is bad advice! Both line editing and developmental editing are valuable BUT have a different...
Friday Tip: First-Person Point of View

Friday Tip: First-Person Point of View

First-person POV opens you up to the fun of an unreliable narrator. Because we lose the all-knowing perspective of third-person omniscient, first-person allows for info to be withheld (deliberately or not) or skewed through the character’s experiences or reader...
Friday Tip: Don’t Be Afraid to Go Out of Order

Friday Tip: Don’t Be Afraid to Go Out of Order

Your story doesn’t have to be told in order. Plenty of wonderful books aren’t. But if time is shifting (flashbacks, flash-forwards, flash-sideways) then you as the writer need to spend extra time and attention ensuring your reader doesn’t become lost and...
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