The Editor's Blog — A Remarkable Resource for All Writers

[image error]I'm almost hesitant to post this, because once you have found this remarkable resource for writers, you won't need me anymore. (Well, except for friendship, of course!) Beth Hill, who maintains this blog is both writer and editor. Her editing focus is on long fiction, primarily novels. Beth says, "I love the written word, the ability we have to create worlds and emotions with well-chosen phrases. It's my intention to share tips and insights and encouragement with writers at all levels, to help you craft  stories that will entertain and satisfy your readers. That will help satisfy you as writer as well."

So, be sure to bookmark her blog, The Editor's Blog, where you will find everything you need to know about writing and writing well. Here is the current list of her articles:

A Novel Ending
Add Poetry to Your Prose—Write with Flair
Anyone Can Write a Book
Assess Your Writing Skills—Turn Weaknesses to Strengths
Beyond the Basics—Push the Story and Push Yourself
Character Reaction—Make Your Characters Respond
Character Voices Shouldn't Sound Like Yours
Checklist for Editors
Clear and Simple Writing Advice
Clichés–Are They Really That Bad?
Clothe Characters Well—Choose Words that Fit
Comma Splice—A Common Writing Mistake
Common Writing Mistakes
Conflict—Beyond Arguments and Fist Fights
Convincing Readers Your Fiction is Real
Creating Emotion in the Reader
Creating Fictional Characters
Creative Genius vs. Editing Witch
Dangling Modifiers—A Common Writing Mistake
Dealing with Discouragement
Deliver the Payoff
Detail Enhances Your Fiction
Dialogue—The Speech of Fiction

Don't Fear the Semicolon—It's a Useful Writing Tool
Don't Let Your Writing Be Ordinary
Don't Write the Bland and the Boring
Edit in an Instant? Ain't Gonna Happen
Engage Readers Through Character Reaction
Equip Your Characters
Finding Commas in All the Wrong Places
First Impressions and Introductions
Forget the Writing Rules
Format Your Novel for Submission
Head-Hopping Gives Readers Whiplash
Hedge Words
How Goes the Flow in Your Story?
How to Hook Your Readers
How to Respond to Rejections & Negative Feedback
How to Write a Novel
Invite Readers into Your Story
Keys to Writing Better Fiction
Kill Soulless Writing
Lay and Lie—When to Use Which?
Let it Flow
Like vs. As
Literary vs. Genre Fiction
Maintain Point of View
Male Writers & Female Writers—There's a Difference in the Writing
Mastering Scene Transitions
Misused Words—Common Writing Mistakes
More Punctuation in Dialogue—A Reader's Questions
Multi-Tasking Characters or Impossible Actions?
New Experiences? Use Them in Your Writing
No Comma Necessary—Coordinating Conjunctions Don't Always Need Commas
Novelist as Director…And as So Much More
On Grammar and Punctuation
One-Manuscript Diva or Working Novelist?
Participial Phrases? C'mon, You Made that Up
Plot Basics—The Events of Story
Plot, Setting, and Character—Fiction's Top 3
Pros and Cons of Prologue
Punctuation in Dialogue
Reference Books for Writers
Resolution—Tying up the Ends
Rules of Grammar & Punctuation—The Weird, Odd, or Unfamiliar
Sagging, Soggy Middles
Self-Editing Tips
Setting—The Place and Time of Story
Sex in Fiction—Do They or Don't They?
Should I Use Absolute Phrases? Absolutely
Show and Tell—Not Just a Game We Play
Single Quotation Marks—A Reader's Question
Story-specific Words—Fitting Word to Story
Style Sheets—The Setup and the Benefits
Sub-plots, Main Plots, and Digressions
Subtext—Revelation of the Hidden
Take Off the Brakes—Write Boldly
The Elements of Fiction—The Basics & Beyond
The First Book is Seldom the Best
The First Draft—What it is and What it isn't
The Mean, the Bad, and the Nasty—Writing Villains
The Outline Dilemma—Plotting vs. Pantsing
The Power of Repetition
The Princess Bride—Storytelling Done Right
The Psychology of Character
The Sterile Story—Don't Write Another One
The Ubiquitous, Wandering It
Tips for Writers—The Down and Dirty
Use and Misuse of Dialogue Tags
Use Words, Not Punctuation, To Tell Your Story
Using Time Wisely
Viewpoint Character and the Need to Choose Wisely
What is Theme
Where Should a Second Chapter Start?
Why Write a Novel—Your Reason is the Right One
Why Writing "The End" Doesn't Mean You've Finished
Word Choices—Contractions and Dialect
Write for Your Readers
Write Scenes Rather Than Reports
Write What You Know? Maybe Not
Writer's Block—Real or Imaginary?
Writers Are World Creators
Writers Need Friends and Critics
Writing Basics—The Paragraph
Writing for the Emotions
You Can't Hook a Reader with a Yawn
You Got My Attention, But Where's the Action?
Your Character's Code


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