Requisite, Prerequisite, and Perquisite
Does your job come with perks? The word perk comes from perquisite—not to be confused with prerequisite. Those two words…
Unnecessary Discourse, Talking Heads, and the British Butler Syndrome
Today editor Christy Distler tackles further pitfalls of dialog in our month-long look at Fatal Flaw # 8: Flawed Dialog…
Using Beta Readers to Help You Write Your Best Novel
Today’s guest post is by editor and writer Stuart Horwitz: Writing is an act of communication, so it is only…
Are You in a Dilemma or a Predicament?
When Oliver Hardy of the Laurel and Hardy comedy team accused his friend and partner Stan of getting them “into another fine mess,”…
How to Write Dialog That Sounds like Real Speech
Today editor Linda Clare tackles further pitfalls of dialog in our look at Fatal Flaw # 8: Flawed Dialog Construction. If…
Introducing Authors’ New, Free Entry into Libraries: SELF-e
Today’s guest post is by journalist and publishing consultant Porter Anderson: At the Writer’s Digest Annual Conference in New York…
Are You Appositive about This?
Appositives are grammatical elements that may be restrictive or nonrestrictive in a sentence. Not positive you know what an appositive…
Dialog Writing 101: Conversational Mechanics
This month our editors are taking a hard and tough look at Fatal Flaw # 8: Flawed Dialog Construction. Dialog…
5 Tips for Making Writing a Daily Habit
Today’s guest post is by blogger Julie Ellis. What does it take to become a writer? Do you earn the…