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It’s what’s inside that counts by Suzanne Jefferies

Conflict is such a tricky word. What does it mean? Fighting, right? The protagonist and antagonist have to confront each other and cue, action scene. The good guy wants to steal the magical orb back from the bad guy. And mayhem ensues… The not-so-good guy wants to save his daughter from the not-so-bad guy drug …

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Are Editing and Proofreading the same thing? By Paris Wynters

Not exactly. They are two different stages of the revision process. Both demand close and careful reading, but they focus on different aspects of the writing and employ different techniques. Even editing is further broken down into developmental and copyediting. Some tips that apply to both editing and proofreading Get some distance from the text.It’s …

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Tightening your Writing by Suzanne Jefferies

So much focus is on the writing, it’s easy to forget the editing. And yet, most of writing is rewriting, which means…editing. First up, there are those writers who aren’t keen on editing. They see it as a chore. Shouldn’t a writer just know how to write and badda-bing-badda-boom, perfect prose emerges? Not a single …

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Top 5 Developmental Editing Issues by Christine Amsden

Even after eight years of developmental (story) editing, I never know quite what to expect when I read a new client’s work for the first time. Every project is unique, with strengths and weaknesses that need to be weighed and measured. That’s why developmental editing is, in its own way, as creative as writing itself …