Whether they love to love them or love to hate them, readers connect to characters. If you want your fiction to shine, your characters must be believable. You can’t …
Write what you know—we’ve all heard this advice, for good reason. Some people are able to write helpful how-to books that provide needed guidance for readers. Others write memoirs …
You have done your research, created a solid outline, and written an impressive draft. The information is solid, the organization clear.
This advice is very dear to my heart, for as an editor I find myself suggesting it to nearly every writer I meet. It is age-old wisdom,
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Many students are required to purchase—and perhaps even read—an invaluable writer’s tool known as Strunk and White’s “The Elements of Style.”
My favorite piece of writing advice is this: Eavesdrop. When my creative writing professor first recommended it to our class,
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about disintermediation. Mostly, I suppose, because it’s such an excellent word.
Some universities have a requirement that their doctoral candidates must have their dissertation proofread and edited before final approval is granted.
It seems that everywhere you turn, authors are transforming first-novel successes into full-blown, billion dollar series that become movie franchises with video game options.
Welcome to the WordsRU blog! We’ll be sharing some of our experience and tips to help you improve your writing,