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Aug 15, 20183 min read

How to Format Your Brand-New Self-Published Book Beautifully

I have a book coaching client who’s in the final round of editing. In fact, for the most part, she doesn’t even need me to edit her chapters

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Jeannette DiLouie

Jul 12, 20183 min read

Never Take Editing for Granted. Ever.

When writing a professional blog post, I have a system before I publish. My process is quite simply as follows: Write/Edit Edit Paste every

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Test Your “Writing Competition Eligibility” With This Quick Questionnaire!

Jeannette DiLouie

Nov 9, 20172 min read

Test Your “Writing Competition Eligibility” With This Quick Questionnaire!

Ready to showcase your skills, creative writer? Or non-fiction writer? Hey, the writing competition spectrum is wide open! Which is why the

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The Dashing Tale of a National Novel Writing Month Rebel!

Jeannette DiLouie

Oct 30, 20173 min read

The Dashing Tale of a National Novel Writing Month Rebel!

It’s just about National Novel Writing Month go-time! Though for NaNoWriMo 2017, this writer has an editor’s goal instead. I know that Nati

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Hiring? Here’s a Great Way to Narrow Down Your Candidate List – Fast!

Jeannette DiLouie

Oct 12, 20173 min read

Hiring? Here’s a Great Way to Narrow Down Your Candidate List – Fast!

One of Innovative Editing’s three focuses is on businesses that don’t have time to do their own writing. As such, I spend about an hour twic

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Done Editing Your Manuscript but Nervous About the Publishing Part?

Jeannette DiLouie

Oct 11, 20173 min read

Done Editing Your Manuscript but Nervous About the Publishing Part?

I recently spoke with three writers who were all in the same I’m-done-editing-my-manuscript phase of the publishing process. Two of them we

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Authors, When It Comes to Marketing, You Have to Suck It Up

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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Are Self-Published Books Badly Edited and Poorly Put Together? Prove that Wrong!

Jeannette DiLouie

Aug 17, 20173 min read

Are Self-Published Books Badly Edited and Poorly Put Together? Prove that Wrong!

This writing-related Challenge of the Week is a giant deal for any authors who’ve decided to self-publish their books. As such, forget any b

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Don’t Let Your Self-Published Freedom Go to Your Authorial Head

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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How Much Time We Really Waste Per Day Isn’t Pretty

Jeannette DiLouie

Aug 9, 20174 min read

How Much Time We Really Waste Per Day Isn’t Pretty

If you want to know how much time you waste during the day – time you could spend working on that creative writing or autobiographical or no

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Think About Your Second Draft This Way, Not That Way

Jeannette DiLouie

Jul 18, 20173 min read

Think About Your Second Draft This Way, Not That Way

Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, applies to “Second Draft.” Since that two-word conc

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Don’t Be Horrified if Your First Draft Is a (Really) Rough Draft

Jeannette DiLouie

Jul 14, 20173 min read

Don’t Be Horrified if Your First Draft Is a (Really) Rough Draft

Well, we’re up to Writing Rule #28 and discussing first drafts, which admittedly can be pretty bad. Here’s a common enough story about the

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8 Ways to Make Your Manuscript Look Professional – Part 2

Jeannette DiLouie

Jul 12, 20174 min read

8 Ways to Make Your Manuscript Look Professional – Part 2

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

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8 Ways to Make Your Manuscript Look Professional – Part 1

Jeannette DiLouie

Jul 10, 20174 min read

8 Ways to Make Your Manuscript Look Professional – Part 1

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

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Jeannette DiLouie

Jul 4, 20173 min read

Let’s End This

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

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Jeannette DiLouie

Jun 29, 20173 min read

Should Your Story Have a Sequel?

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

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The (Sometimes) Painful Art of Editing Creative Copy

Jeannette DiLouie

Jun 19, 20173 min read

The (Sometimes) Painful Art of Editing Creative Copy

Earlier this month, I finished editing the first draft of my Faerietales 5: Flights of Fancy manuscript – creative copy I had a lot of fun w

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Writing Rule #22: Your Writing Style Isn’t Completely Stable

Jeannette DiLouie

Jun 2, 20173 min read

Writing Rule #22: Your Writing Style Isn’t Completely Stable

Creative writers are never completely stable people, so why would we ever think our styles and skills would be static? Put simply, they’re

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Jeannette DiLouie

Apr 26, 20173 min read

What’s So Innovative About Editing?

Let’s start this one out with definitions for the words “innovative” and “editing.” According to the all-knowing Dictionary.com, innovative

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Professional Writing Tip: Why White’s Important Too

Jeannette DiLouie

Apr 13, 20173 min read

Professional Writing Tip: Why White’s Important Too

Did I hook you with that controversial headline? Good! We’ve got a very important topic to discuss, and while we are going to get into dive

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