Tag: Nonfiction
24
Apr
How to Write Teen Characters Without Sounding, Like, Too Old
by Aaron Green
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By integrating new styles of speech into dialogue, authors can give their characters distinctive, believable voices. Whether it’s the creation of new words, pronunciations, spellings,...
17
Apr
Writing and Editing Creative Nonfiction: Start Here
by Emma Rostrom
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As a writer or editor, you can improve your ability to work with creative nonfiction by learning about stylistic tendencies within the genre. The genre...
18
Jun
Word Salad: When Machines Mess with Meaning
by MJ Christensen
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Technology is becoming more involved in the writing and editing processes. Are we prepared to stop it when it oversteps its boundaries? Computer-originating translation errors...
17
Jun
The Linguistics of Punctuation—An Editor’s Guide
by Josh Stevenson
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Editing punctuation can be hard. One corpus-based approach to more effective editing involves tailoring your edits to the genre in which you’re working. As editors,...
17
Jun
What’s in a Name? Everything.
by Adi Marshall
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Judging a book by its cover doesn’t only mean judging the design—readers also make judgments based on the title. Everyone is warned at some time...
11
Jun
Learning to Edit for Your Audience: Fiction vs. Nonfiction
by Jennifer Fletcher
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Learning about the different effects that fiction and nonfiction writing have on critical thinking can help editors revise literature to benefit the authors’ audiences to...
10
Jun
How to Write and Recognize Credible Online Reviews
by Heidi Knapp
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In today’s age of paid promotions and online shopping, it is important to learn not only to write credible reviews but also to identify them....
11
Apr
How We Give Feedback Matters
by Xochitl Bott
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There are four stances to take when giving feedback to an author. Are editors choosing the right one? Have you ever received harsh feedback on...
07
Apr
Book Sales: Why You Should Focus on Parental Preference Before Child’s Choice
by Alyssa Anderson
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A survey of millennial parents reveals that book format, diverse characters, and positive reviews influence parents’ decisions when purchasing books for their kids. When it...
07
Apr
Why Adults Are Reading YA
by Dylan Parker
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Why are adults still reading YA books? Despite the fact that YA books are nominally targeted at kids ages 12–18, industry data suggests that the...
