Editing Otherwise: Fresh Approaches to Stories and Settings

This blog post describes developmental editing services and how they are different from manuscript critiques. The second half covers...

This blog post describes what a manuscript critique, as a paid developmental editing service, involves. It covers whether authors can...

The marketplace for editorial services can be really confusing, especially to new authors. There’s a lot of bad writing and editing advice...

Readers connect deeply with characters. Maybe you can remember some of the characters you first connected with as a child or teenager?...

A passive protagonist is one in which the story "happens" to them. Instead of their personality making choices about what course of...

This blog post covers: The advantages and disadvantages of using a first-person point of view The two main types of first-person point of...

Blake Snyder’s book Save the Cat! offers a blueprint for screenwriters on how to draft a successful film script. The book draws on his...

Today's blog post looks at the relationship between our imaginations and the real world. I ask, "How do authors balance artistic...

This trope often appears in film, and in popular culture and novels too. It features a woman who has typically experienced some kind of...