Hear! Hear! or Here! Here!
Have you ever wondered which is correct? This article on Grammarly explains the situation. Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, January 9, 2022
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
I am about done with the re-edit of 'The Totally Unnecessary Death of Amanda Dawn.' That story has been sitting on the Amazon shelf for three years, but when I saw a renewed interest in it, I decided to give it a clean-up. It wasn't a grammatically bad thing, but I did find several 'missing words'... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Hair-brained vs. Hare-brained?
A friend asked me to 'settle an argument.' Was the proper spelling hare-brained or hair-brained? While I have seen it both ways, the most widely accepted version is 'hare-brained.' Hare and rabbits are not the most intelligent animal in the world. Thus they lend their name to the 'less than... Sign in to see full entry.
This is last weeks Grammarly report. This was mainly going over Lisa's story. GRAMMARLY WRITING STREAK 116 weeks 130 Next Achievement See all achievements › PRODUCTIVITY You were more productive than 91% of Grammarly users. 11,754 words checked DEC 05 12 DEC 19 26 MASTERY You were more accurate than... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, December 17, 2021
The G&G Method Laid Out
From my book on 'Pantsing,' this is the way I do my editing. It is not always 100% grammar school approved, but it gets you there. The 'G&G Method' of Editing One of the quickest ways to get bad reviews is to send up a poorly edited manuscript. In late 2015, I accidentally sent up the first draft of... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, December 16, 2021
Story Arcs
This is from my 11,500 booklet on 'So You Wanna Be A Pantser...' Story Arcs You would suppose that there would be no difference between a story arc for a plotter versus a story arc for a pantser. I would say there is a tremendous difference between the two. If you are plotting out your storyline,... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Writer's Block and Other Issues Anyone who writes anything beyond a note to their Aunt Bessie will run into the wall that is 'writer's block.' It happens to everyone. When the mind gets tired of a subject, it will just decide it can't work on the topic at hand and shut down. When this first happened... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, December 13, 2021
More from my booklet on 'Pantsing.' 'Pantsing' Isn't For Everyone Before I lay out any more about becoming a pantser, you need to know the pantsing pitfalls. If you look up the term in a search engine, one of the first problems you'll see listed will be that you will get stuck. I'll be honest with... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 12, 2021
Preparations The next thing I want to do is to set up my story beginnings. See, we are doing some plotting! I was born with an overactive imagination and an urge to see how things worked. When I would ask my father why dogs would circle around and around before lying down, he would tell me, 'It's... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, December 11, 2021
This is another segment of my short book, 'So You Wanna Be A Pantser.' Keeping Score One of the most critical jobs in a movie or a television show is the 'continuity editor.' This person is in charge of ensuring that your characters remain as you described them at the beginning of the story. If your... Sign in to see full entry.