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May 16, 20193 min read

If All Else Fails, Business Writers… Blather

I’m not the best at taking most kinds of tests. That’s thanks to the fact that most kinds of tests are multiple choice or fill in the blanks

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Point of View Can Improve Your Creative Writing Capabilities

Jeannette DiLouie

May 16, 20193 min read

Point of View Can Improve Your Creative Writing Capabilities

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a creative writer named Sam. Now, this creative writer (named Sam) wrote all his stori

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Self-Published Authors, Don’t Buy More Books Than You Can Sell

Jeannette DiLouie

May 15, 20193 min read

Self-Published Authors, Don’t Buy More Books Than You Can Sell

Ever heard of Marie Kondo? She’s an organizing consultant who helps people declutter their homes. I watched an episode of her Tidying Up sh

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Point of View in Fiction: Who’s Telling Your Story?

Jeannette DiLouie

May 14, 20194 min read

Point of View in Fiction: Who’s Telling Your Story?

Since we’re talking about point of view in fiction today, let’s start out with three different examples of it. They’re all taken from novel

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Jeannette DiLouie

May 13, 20195 min read

Writing the Next Great American Novel

Today’s episode – which is all about writing the next great American novel – is sponsored by Not So Human, the first book in the five-part F

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When It Comes to Dialogue Tags, Don’t Just Say “Said”

Jeannette DiLouie

May 10, 20193 min read

When It Comes to Dialogue Tags, Don’t Just Say “Said”

If yesterday’s article seemed to lean too far toward the anti-dialogue tags side of the creative writer debate, I apologize. Let me clear up

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Jeannette DiLouie

May 9, 20193 min read

Conforming to a Certain Word Count

I love it when someone hires me to cut copy down to a specific size. The same goes for bulking it up. It’s a challenge: a fascinating puzzl

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Jeannette DiLouie

May 9, 20194 min read

Writing Without Dialogue Tags

As promised on Tuesday, let’s talk about the controversy surrounding the topic of writing with or without dialogue tags. Considering their

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Readers, Do You Really Know What 1-Star Reviews Mean?

Jeannette DiLouie

May 8, 20193 min read

Readers, Do You Really Know What 1-Star Reviews Mean?

For Monday’s Genuine Writer Podcast episode, I invited Lia Mack back on, author of Waiting for Paint to Dry and my co-organizer of the annua

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Dealing With the Definition of Dialogue Tags

Jeannette DiLouie

May 7, 20193 min read

Dealing With the Definition of Dialogue Tags

Since today’s topic is dialogue tags – which you may or may not know about – let’s start out with a paragraph of dialogue, which… thanks to

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Jeannette DiLouie

May 6, 20192 min read

How to Handle Negative Reader Feedback

Podcast Audio Link: Click here. Podcast Transcript: Hi, genuine writers! This is Innovative Editing’s Jeannette DiLouie welcoming you to...

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Writing Dialogue for Villains Without Embarrassing Anyone in the Process

Jeannette DiLouie

May 3, 20193 min read

Writing Dialogue for Villains Without Embarrassing Anyone in the Process

We’re about to focus on writing dialogue for villains specifically, but the following advice can easily be applied elsewhere. Protagonists,

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If You’re Going to Write a Manual, Write a Manual. Otherwise…

Jeannette DiLouie

May 2, 20193 min read

If You’re Going to Write a Manual, Write a Manual. Otherwise…

Unless you’re a friend or family member reading this, I don’t know how old you are. In which case, I can’t really guess on the kinds of educ

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Continuing Our Discussion on Writing Realistic Dialogue

Jeannette DiLouie

May 2, 20193 min read

Continuing Our Discussion on Writing Realistic Dialogue

When we began this series on writing realistic dialogue, I told you about my customer service experience with ASUS. It wasn’t the most frus

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Jeannette DiLouie

May 1, 20197 min read

Finding Life After Abuse

So often, with Innovative Editing’s Author of the Month program, I get to spread the word about really fun reads. Other times, it’s much mo

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Understanding How to Write Dialogue Begins Here

Jeannette DiLouie

Apr 30, 20193 min read

Understanding How to Write Dialogue Begins Here

Before I start out my sad little sob story below, please rest assured that you didn’t read the larger blog’s title wrong. This really is...

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When Working With Non-Traditional Antagonists…

Jeannette DiLouie

Apr 29, 20196 min read

When Working With Non-Traditional Antagonists…

A few weeks ago, for instance, The Genuine Writer covered – among other things – the topic of antagonists. What makes them tick and how to d

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Too Many Setting Details for This Reader’s Liking

Jeannette DiLouie

Apr 26, 20193 min read

Too Many Setting Details for This Reader’s Liking

Yesterday, I admitted how I’m not very into reading about setting details. However, that doesn’t mean I’m not into writing about setting de

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Jeannette DiLouie

Apr 25, 20193 min read

If You’re Going to Hire a Copywriter

If you’re going to hire a copywriter, you have to be as upfront with him or her as possible. This applies if you want this professional to

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Should You “Show, Don’t Tell” Your Setting Details?

Jeannette DiLouie

Apr 25, 20193 min read

Should You “Show, Don’t Tell” Your Setting Details?

I should probably start out by admitting that, as a reader, I’m not very interested in setting details. When I pick up a new novel, the last

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