Delete These Words From Your Novel (Mostly)

By chris on December 17, 2020

As new authors we tend to overthink our writing. We want to be “real” writers, so we overthink our prose and overuse words in an attempt to make it more “poetic”. Save that shit for poetry! With that said here are some types of words that you should axe from your manuscript. (Again, not in […]

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How To Write Dialogue – Formatting and Punctuation

By chris on December 10, 2020

“Do I use an ellipses or a em dash? Does the comma go inside the quotation marks or out? So many questions when writing, especially that pesky dialogue with all of its rules. Today we will demystify how to properly format your dialogue. As always you can watch the video version here: Here are 6 […]

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