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Jul 28, 20174 min read

Why Your Published Manuscript Won't Wow Everyone

I know I’ve been dishing out a lot of tough writing love these last few weeks about your manuscript, saying that your first draft might be b

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You’re on Draft No. What?!? Get That Manuscript Published!

Jeannette DiLouie

Jul 27, 20173 min read

You’re on Draft No. What?!? Get That Manuscript Published!

Today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, concerns the issue of publishaphobia: my mad

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A Humble Editor’s Opinion of What Your Final Draft Should Look Like

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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How Bad Can a First Draft Be? Check Out Mine…

Jeannette DiLouie

Jul 24, 20173 min read

How Bad Can a First Draft Be? Check Out Mine…

Since I bashed not one but two published authors last week, I think it only right to criticize myself and my own writing today. One of the

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Don't Be Like This Ridiculous Book, Which I'll Be Nice and Not Name

Jeannette DiLouie

Jul 17, 20174 min read

Don't Be Like This Ridiculous Book, Which I'll Be Nice and Not Name

When it comes to creative writing, particularly novel writing, there are just some errors that should not be published – at least three of w

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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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Jeannette DiLouie

Jun 5, 201713 min read

June's Author of the Month: Lia Mack

Jeannette: So, Lia, when I first approached you about doing an Author of the Month spot, you were quick to ask for June because this is Nati

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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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May's Author of the Month: John McCavitt

Jeannette DiLouie

May 1, 20178 min read

May's Author of the Month: John McCavitt

Back in March, Innovative Editing began its “Author of the Month” program to highlight particularly engaging writers who deserve to stand ou

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How Much You Care About Your Story Premise Makes a Difference

Jeannette DiLouie

Mar 17, 20173 min read

How Much You Care About Your Story Premise Makes a Difference

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

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Writing a Short Story Might Actually Help You Publish Your Novel

Jeannette DiLouie

Mar 9, 20173 min read

Writing a Short Story Might Actually Help You Publish Your Novel

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

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How Bad Are Those Editorial Mistakes You Made?

Jeannette DiLouie

Mar 8, 20174 min read

How Bad Are Those Editorial Mistakes You Made?

Mid-last month, I got an editing-focused marketing email from Amazon’s self-publishing arm, CreateSpace. Now, normally, I don’t care about

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Jeannette DiLouie

Mar 6, 20173 min read

What’s Your Reason for Writing?

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

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Why You Really Want to Know Your Story’s Word Count Range

Jeannette DiLouie

Feb 24, 20173 min read

Why You Really Want to Know Your Story’s Word Count Range

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

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Jeannette DiLouie

Feb 21, 20172 min read

What Makes a Novel?

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?

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Jeannette DiLouie

Jan 2, 20172 min read

I Refuse to Call These Resolutions

I have goals for 2017. Not New Year’s resolutions. Goals. I feel as if I have to delineate between the two this time around, mainly...

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