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by Word Alive Press
With years of working with authors and publishing clients come a plethora of important questions, and here on the Word Alive Press blog we explor...
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by Word Alive Press
Aspiring writers are often on the receiving end of two pieces of advice that, on the surface, may seem contradictory. They’re told: “Be patient. ...
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by Word Alive Press
I am being chased up and down the aisles of my church by a group of elderly, white-haired ladies, all retired school teachers, all waving red pen...
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by Word Alive Press
If you’ve received even cursory instruction in creative writing—such as the limited kind you get in grade school—you’ve probably heard the old ax...
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by Word Alive Press
Let me open today’s post with an example from my own experience. About a year ago, I sat down to critique a novel. In the opening scene, the stor...
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by Word Alive Press
You’ve written your manuscript, you’ve gone over it again and again, and it’s as good as you think it could possibly be. But every time you enter...
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by Word Alive Press
So you’ve written a book. You’ve typed the last word. You feel a surge of pride and accomplishment. Among all the other things you’ve done in your ...
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by Word Alive Press
Very rarely, I edit a manuscript that is so sparsely written that it ends up getting longer through standard revisions. I know a number of authors ...
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by Word Alive Press
Throughout the year, I’ve written on this blog a lot about the many hallmarks of inexperienced writers. My posts have ranged from commas punctuat...
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by Word Alive Press
Any observant reader may notice that the English language is not quite punctuated uniformly. While most punctuations rules are hard and fast, the...
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by Word Alive Press
While suffering through high school math classes, I used to slouch in my desk chair as the teacher scrawled out long, blackboard-spanning explana...
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by Word Alive Press
The semicolon is one of the most divisive and misused punctuation marks in the English language; the evidence is all around us. (See what I did t...
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