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Editor’s Note: The blog below was first published on August 15, 2016 , while the Rio de Janeiro Olympics were going on. That was quite the i

Here’s Writing Rule #11, and it’s an important one to keep in mind. Admittedly, all the writing rules are important to keep in mind. If the

Today’s Writing Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is all about premise. And I’m just going to warn you

On Monday morning, while writing Tuesday’s Definition of the Week, I had a shocking revelation. I realized that I’ve killed off someone I k

Today’s Writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Premise.” And the title above, “Your Story Lit

On Saturday, my older sister treated me to the Jurassic World exhibit at The Franklin Institute as my birthday present, where I got to meet

We’re up to Writing Rule #10, a big milestone for 2017, clearly. Yet, sarcasm aside, this really can change your writing career. If you han

Today’s Writing Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is pretty much a dare: a dare for you to write your

Today’s Writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Short Story.” At its most basic, a short story

Last week, in one of the extra – more instructional posts – that I put up every week on Innovative Editing’s blog page, I ended up talking a

While there are famous and profitable novellas out there, most if not all of them were written decades ago, like that list of examples I pro

Today’s Writing Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is once again about your word count, this time conce

Today’s Writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Novella.” Since I’ve never written a novella n

We’re now officially onto Writing Rule #8, the last Writing Rule you’ll be getting in February, actually. But let’s not waste time focusing

Today’s Writing Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, focuses on figuring out how long your novel should b

It was pointed out to me a number of years ago that writers have a bad habit of using the same words, terms or catchphrases over and over an

Today’s Writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Novel.” Think that’s a stupid word to define?

Today, let’s continue the semi-successive theme of using actual events to enhance creative writing. Back on Monday, the sixth, we covered t

Okay peeps, here’s Innovative Editing’s Writing Rule #7… Non-fiction writers have to cite everything they put down that isn’t A) their own

Today’s Writing Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page is specifically geared toward non-fiction writers, wh