What Batman Can Teach You About Proofreading
A guest post by Stefanie Flaxman of Revision Fairy
Everyone wants to be Batman.
He’s cool and edgy, but has benevolent intentions—and the man gets results.
Luckily for you, it’s easy to adopt Batman’s intriguing qualities to perfect your writing and make others believe that you rock as hard as the Caped Crusader.
Whether you’re writing for yourself (a [...]
Why You Should Shoot Adverbs on Sight
By Mary Jaksch
Yes, I’m declaring open season on adverbs. What is an adverb exactly? Erm… it’s the word I just used: exactly. So I’ll cull it and write instead ‘What is an adverb?’
An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective or a phrase. It answers questions such as ‘how’, ‘when’, ‘where’, or ‘how much’. Such details [...]
How to Crush It As a Writer: The ‘Weird’ Trick
By Mary Jaksch
Ok, folks – we’re back to writing school. An important piece of advice that many writing tutors give is to ’show not tell’. But how exactly do you do that?
What’s the trick? What’s the secret?
Because, it’s the bits that show and don’t tell that stick like burrs. Months later, you still can’t get [...]
How to Win Friends and Influence Readers
A guest post by Katie Tallo of Momentum Gathering.
The royal road to a man’s heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most. ~ Dale Carnegie
Every blogger searches for that royal road. We want to touch the real lives of our readers – that’s why we talk about their children, their food, [...]
How to Get a Book Deal: Part 2 – Get Thee A Blog (a Big One)
By Kelly Diels of Cleavage
Newbie authors and big deal bloggers Chris Guillebeau, Leo Babauta and Erin Doland accidentally and accidentally-on-purpose hacked their way through the publishing jungle with their brain children/addictions – Art of Non-Conformity, Zen Habits and The Unclutterer – firmly in tow.
If Chris Guillebeau was forced to identify his favourite child, he’d waffle: [...]
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