Writing Pitfall #5: Head Hopping

Writing Pitfall #5: Head Hopping Reposted with permission from Divas on Writing  In today’s article, #5 in our series on writing pitfalls for new authors, we will deal with head hopping. […]

What Is A Manuscript Assessment?

What Is A Manuscript Assessment? By Janine Savage. Reposted with permission from Write Divas A manuscript assessment has several names: assessment, critique, analysis, evaluation, etc. But what does it do? […]

Writing Pitfall #4: Mundane Detail

Writing Pitfall #4: Mundane Detail   Reposted with permission from Write Divas   Back when I first started writing, I thought details were the meat and potatoes of my stories; the more the […]

Writing Pitfall #3: Flashbacks

Writing Pitfall #3: Flashbacks Reposted with permission from Write divas   Literary flashbacks (analepses), and to a lesser extent flashforwards (prolepses), are the bane of many an editor. Why? Mostly […]

All You Need to Know About Copy Editing

All You Need to Know About Copy Editing Reposted with permission from Write Divas   It’s probably crazy that I’m excited to write about copy editing, but there you have […]