A good editing program will tell you how many words your story has, how many of those words are unique, how many sentences there are,...

NanoWriMo is over! If you participated and wrote more than you would have otherwise, you’re a winner. If you ended up writing 50,000+ wo...

“ I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit...

Every day in November I’m going to lay out the structural bones of a crucial story scene.  I'll then break this scene down for three ...

I’ve been using a text-to-voice app for a few months now. When I load the dishwasher, dust, fold laundry, all the pesky little tasks of ...

This is a wonderful, must-read, article for anyone who has had trouble proofreading their own work: 10 Proofreading Tips For Self-Publishe...

Book doctors are wonderful! I can tell you from personal experience that writers often--in fact, nearly always--lack the ability to see ...

Chuck Wendig's Plan To Edit A Novel In Four Months I wrote about Chuck's post before, but only about the first couple of parag...

When I started writing this post I fully intended to discuss Chuck Wendig's distinction between writing and storytelling and how to...

My title comes from Chuck Wendig's latest post . He writes: Let’s get something out of the way: Editing is writing. This --his w...

Merry (almost) New Year! Today I'm going to talk about scenes and how to make sure each one pulls its weight in your story. First, th...

How many drafts does it take to write a novel? It depends on the writer. For the overwhelming majority of us it takes more than one. Prob...

NaNoWriMo is over and we're in the trenches again, this time editing our manuscripts. For me, editing is EXCRUCIATING! I far prefe...