by Jackie Pearce | Feb 16, 2023 | Freelancing, Tips For Writers
If you like to edit writing and can quickly catch grammatical errors, you might have wondered how to become a proofreader. Becoming a proofreader requires you to have a sharp eye for typos and a passion for grammar rules. It will be your job to make sure pieces are...
by Mary Jaksch | Oct 5, 2015 | Become a Top Blogger
Sometimes I write a Frankenstein piece. It looks fine until I notice that arms sprout where the legs should be – and unfortunately I forgot to attach a neck. I don’t always notice that straight away. Why? Because when I finish writing a piece, I’m in...
by Lisa Kilian | Jul 14, 2011 | Fiction
Whatever you think, you need an editor. There comes a time in every writer’s life when the plot is adequately twisted, the characters are adequately developed, and all the typos have been eliminated with a laser gun. You think. Actually, you’re not sure if any of that...
by Mary Jaksch | May 25, 2009 | Become a Top Blogger, Tips
Does your writing suffer from wordflab? Wordflab is the number one enemy of good writing. At least, in the eyes of Sol Stein, the master editor who wrote Stein On Writing. Yes, folks – we’re back at school with Sol. This time it’s off to the operating table:...
by Jesse Hines | Dec 26, 2008 | Tips For Writers, Tips
Word counts. Most writers have to deal with them. Whether we’re writing a paper for a high school or college class or submitting an article to a magazine or newspaper, chances are good we’ve been told how many words (give or take a reasonable amount) the paper or...