The Write Editing

By Candyce Carden   As writers, we often focus so much on our unmet writing goals that we overlook what we accomplish. We fail to pat ourselves on the back because our achievements seem ins...

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  By Emily Golus   It’s that season again. No, not pollen season (though it IS that too), but writing conference season. Many of my Southeast friends have just attended the Carolina Chri...

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  By Linda Glaz   How can I build platform before my book is even published? I am so glad you asked. First, let’s look at why publishers want you to have a strong platform. They need ...

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  By Andrea Merrell “I’m never going to make it to the promised land,” one writer said. There are too many giants, and I’m just too timid and weary to face them.” For years this ...

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  By Marilyn Nutter It’s impossible not to hear the word “platform” at a writers’ conference. We attend classes on how to build our platform and grow our audience. Editors want to k...

https://thewriteediting.blogspot.com/2024/03/platform-10-seconds-10-minutes-10-ways.html

  By Tammy Karasek   Writers are often seen tapping on keys or writing in journals in all sorts of corners at coffee shops, park benches, and the like. I’m often one of them, and if yo...

https://thewriteediting.blogspot.com/2024/03/writers-must-write-even-when-it-hurts.html

  By Andrea Merrell As writers, sometimes our greatest struggle is finding our voice, our own unique style of writing. Our voice consists of many elements including: How we turn a phrase.�...

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  By Cindy K. Sproles   It’s your last chance. Have you crossed all the Ts and dotted all the Is? Hitting the send button on a manuscript is both a relief and a frightening experience...

https://thewriteediting.blogspot.com/2024/02/put-your-best-foot-forward.html

  By Marilyn Nutter Curled up on my couch with a good book, the sound of falling objects startled me. One thump then another. I got up, located the source as my office down the hall, and fo...

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  By Andrea Merrell “I’m stuck,” my friend said. “ I don’t know what to do.” It happens in every area of life. We hit a roadblock. We can’t keep moving forward, and we can’...

https://thewriteediting.blogspot.com/2024/02/know-when-to-walk-away.html

  By Candyce Carden   Do you review your writing accomplishments at the end of the year? I never did. I told myself I couldn’t waste time on the task because I needed to get on with my w...

https://thewriteediting.blogspot.com/2024/01/looking-back-before-moving-forward.html

  By Maureen Miller   God, who got you started in this spiritual adventure, shares with us the life of his Son and our Master Jesus. He will never give up on you. Never forget that. I Cor...

https://thewriteediting.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-adventurous-life-of-writing.html

  By DiAnn Mills   A reader asked me how I discover my antagonist when creating a story. The short answer is discovering the bad guy or guys is as much a surprise to me as the characters...

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  By Marilyn Nutter My suffering was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to your decrees. Psalm 119:71 NLT Those words came from the testimony of a man at church one Sunday mor...

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  By Andrea Merrell With the changing of the calendar we’re always faced with the same question: What are your resolutions for the New Year? Unfortunately, as we all know, most of those ...

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  Merry Christmas  from The Write Editing! (https://thewriteediting.blogspot.com/)   Photo courtesy of Unsplash and Lee Jeffs.

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  By Edie Melson @EdieMelson   If we look at writing from a numbers point of view, it would be logical to assume that the more words, the better. But writing is NOT a numbers sport, and ...

https://thewriteediting.blogspot.com/2023/12/what-is-overwriting-and-tips-to-avoid-it.html

By Andrea Merrell In my last post, we talked about not stifling our creativity by thinking we must find our niche and stay in our lane. We looked at the endless possibilities of branching out an...

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  By Cindy K. Sproles   Writers live on pennies. If we’re lucky, dimes. So when conferences roll around, it’s our eyes that roll at the pennies we spend. No one will argue that atten...

https://thewriteediting.blogspot.com/2023/11/investments-in-your-writing-career-are.html

  By Tammy Karasek   Every writer, no matter if they choose to independently publish or go the traditional publishing route will come to the same point during the process. Now that my bo...

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  By Martin Wiles As writers, we aim for powerful writing. And as editors, we want to help other writers realize dynamic writing as well. But how? A simple pyramid will help. Every day, I ...

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  By Andrea Merrell   I recently heard an author say, “With my next book, there won’t be so many eyes on it.” But I thought the more eyes the better, you might be thinking. Somet...

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  By Candyce Carden   A writer’s brain grows sluggish with overuse. Stress further impedes optimum brain function. When I hit the proverbial writing wall and can’t get around it, I t...

https://thewriteediting.blogspot.com/2023/10/brain-gym-for-writers.html

  By Emily Golus   I have a confession: I have never, to my knowledge, been a forty-inch-tall goblin criminal trapped in a pitch-black cavern.   And yet in my most recent novel, Crac...

https://thewriteediting.blogspot.com/2023/10/write-what-you-know-some-of-time.html

  By Lori Stanley Roeleveld   I was attending my second writers conference, flying cross-country and eager to pitch my novel. This conference had a prestigious novel-writing contest but, a...

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