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by Word Alive Press
If you’ve ever worked with a professional editor, there’s a good chance you got back a manuscript with half of your adverbs flagged. Indeed, this...
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by Word Alive Press
Many years ago, I had an editing client who was unhappy with my work. That’s putting it mildly. The editing relationship ended abruptly, the clie...
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by Word Alive Press
Have you ever experienced creative burnout? Maybe you’re feeling it right now. Once burnout sets in, it can last for weeks, months… even years. F...
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by Word Alive Press
I laboured for many solitary years behind my keyboard, writing as much as possible without bothering to check in with the outside world. I don’t ...
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by Word Alive Press
While this blog was originally published in 2015, it perfectly fits the bill for our special series that unpacks the criteria we consider when eval...
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by Word Alive Press
I meet with aspiring authors all the time—over coffee, over lunch, wherever happens to be convenient—and just let the conversation flow. These co...
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by Word Alive Press
Proofreading your own manuscript can be a daunting task, and yet it’s something all of us writers have to do at some point. We’ve all had that fe...
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by Word Alive Press
After fifteen years of working with writers, I’ve developed a pretty good sense of the sorts of things they struggle with. Novelists, in particul...
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by Word Alive Press
Have you ever been told by an editor, fellow author, or reader that you overuse the passive voice, or misuse it entirely? It certainly happened t...
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by Word Alive Press
Music touches us at a deep level. When you turn on a favourite song, your head will bob up and down, your feet will start to tap, your heart rate...
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by Word Alive Press
The internet makes it really easy for us to find pictures. Just hop on over to Google, run an image search for whatever you heart desires, and yo...
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by Word Alive Press
Most industries have a prevailing way of doing things, a common language and style across a wide array of professionals that allows everyone in a...
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