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Today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, requires you to shift your writer’s perspect

On Monday, we covered Part 1 of an eight-item editorial tricks list, which detailed two specific tips to try out if you’re feeling a little

Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is for “First Draft.” Which – let me tell you – is

There are two foundational steps to looking like a pro with your written copy, whether we’re talking about a professional article, a busines

Writing out a surprise story ending can sound like a really great idea in theory, and sometimes it can play out perfectly in practice too.

If you want to annoy an editor, here’s a surefire way to do it: Use double spaces between your sentences. In other words, you have one sent

Today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, involves getting real about your story. I d

It’s a good thing I always wanted to be a writer and editor instead of a model, because last Friday, any such aspirations I might otherwise

For today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, we’ve done it! Or just about anyway, since all

Jeannette: Thanks so much for doing this, Rachel! Obviously, I read your Stage Direction – and found it so encouraging – but I’m not even go

Since it’s not necessarily a commonly understood term, let’s define deus ex machina right from the get-go. According to my go-to resource,

The structure of your report, blog post, advertisement, article or professional whatnot matters. You can have the most impressive vocabular

Today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, focuses on the future – your story’s future,

The world would be much better off if we tried considering ourselves through a different lens every once in a while – a villainous one, to b

For today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, we’ve moved past a story’s beginning, its risin

Last week, I was down at the Outer Banks, North Carolina, on vacation with my family. And while the house we rented was problematic in a doz

I know I already said this with Writing Rule #24 about rising action, but it’s true of a story’s climax too: Drama gets old fast. That’s wh

Today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, has to do with writers suffering right along

There are too many writers out there who are way too afraid to claim their writer’s status. When someone asks them the pretty simple questi

Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is for the word “Climax.” In the literary world, w