A Focus on Fiction for Novel Manuscript Writers
This year, our focus is going to be on genres, starting out with the fiction side of things. So if you’re working on a novel manuscript, the
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Jeannette DiLouie
Dec 19, 20172 min read
Back Cover Blurb: Would You Read This Book?
What do you do when you’re browsing in a traditional bookstore for your next great read? Probably check out front covers, and if one snags y
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Jeannette DiLouie
Dec 12, 20173 min read
Expect Your Ideal Readers to Ignore That “Never Judge a Book by Its Cover” Saying
They say to never judge a book by its front cover. But why not?
I’ve long-since claimed that “Judge not lest you be judged” is one of the m
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Jeannette DiLouie
Dec 5, 20173 min read
Let’s Talk About Your Book Title
What’s in a book title?
Well, words. Obviously. Hopefully descriptive words. A book title is – or at least should be – something that speak
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 28, 20173 min read
What Does Your Writing Attitude Say About You?
If this week’s focus on attitude sounds a lot like last week’s topic – writitude – you’re both right and wrong.
Writitude, which is being gr
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 21, 20172 min read
An Extra-Cheesy Thanksgiving Dish to Go With Your Turkey and Writing
Some of you are going to find my writing horribly cheesy this holiday week. Consider yourself forewarned.
Normally, I hate cheesy holiday g
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 14, 20173 min read
The Wonderful World of Writing Retreats
What do you think of when you hear the term “writing retreat?” Let’s analyze it a bit.
From a purely analytical, grammatically minded persp
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 7, 20173 min read
What You Need to Know About Writing Competitions (Other Than How They’re Annoying to Search For)
The beauty of writing competitions is that they’re really quite simply explained. Which is exactly what this week’s Definition shows.
Writi
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 31, 20173 min read
So… What Exactly Is a Writers’ Conference?
This week, welcome to the world of writers’ conferences, which can lead to good things, great things or no things.
How so? To best understa
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 10, 20172 min read
Disney Can Show You the World (or at Least Your Story’s Plot Hole)
I didn’t want to scare you back in March when we were first discussing story plots. But I think it’s high time you knew. You’re old enough n
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 3, 20172 min read
If You Don’t Come With Me Now, I Swear You’re Going to Regret It!
Well, creative writers, we’re done with NaNoWriMo and moving onto literary hooks, which non-fiction writers can appreciate too. This week, w
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 26, 20173 min read
(The Start of) Everything a Creative Writer Needs to Know About NaNoWriMo
Dear Creative Writer,
We interrupt your regularly programmed list of Definitions, Challenges and Rules to discuss NaNoWriMo. Here’s what it
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 19, 20173 min read
You Watch Your Tone When You’re Talking to Me!
The Definition of the Week this time around is for the word “tone.” It’s something you automatically have whenever you write, even if we don
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 12, 20173 min read
Excuse Me, Writer, Your Bias Is Showing
The Definition of the Week this time around is for the word “bias.” This is something that came up two weeks ago when we were focusing on ho
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 29, 20172 min read
Authors, When It Comes to Marketing, You Have to Suck It Up
Well, my authors and authors and authors-in-the-making…
We’ve covered the writing process.
We’ve covered the editing process.
And we’ve n
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 22, 20173 min read
What You Need to Know About Vanity Publishers – Part 1
For today’s writing Definition of the Week (as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page), we’re going to skim the surface of what a vani
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 15, 20173 min read
Don’t Let Your Self-Published Freedom Go to Your Authorial Head
Delving further into our publishing possibilities for today’s writing Definition of the Week (as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook pag
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 8, 20173 min read
What’s the Exact Definition of a Literary Agent?
We’re still on the topic of the traditional publishing process for today’s writing Definition of the Week (as posted on Innovative Editing’s
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 1, 20173 min read
Traditionally Published: Achieving Every Writer’s "Shangri-La”
So far this year, we’ve covered Creative Writing 101, what it takes to get your story down on paper, and how to properly edit your manuscrip
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 25, 20173 min read
A Humble Editor’s Opinion of What Your Final Draft Should Look Like
We’re up to “final draft” for today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, which means we’re dow
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