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A couple of editors from the BelieversPress team chipped in some editorial pet peeves to go along with Thursday’s post: One of my pet peeves is: When an author doesn’t trust the process and doesn’t trust that editors are there for their benefit, working with them to bring about a polished, marketable product. When authors [...]

Ahh, the editorial process. Depending on where you are in the editorial process, it is either the most wonderful thing to ever happen to you or the worst idea your publisher has ever had. Writers have long had mixed feelings about editors. For example, Bill Nye once said “There are just two people entitled to [...]

The single biggest mistake I see is weak, wimpy verbs. Was. Is. Were. Seem. When you’re trying to break the habit, strive for 1 or 2 per page. They’re not evil verbs, but they weaken your writing. Learning to replace them with beefy verbs will revolutionize your prose.

“Why do I need an editor? I’m the only one who knows what I’m really trying to say, and only I can revise my writing with that purpose in mind.” There is truth in that statement. As Arthur Glasser used to say, “There’s no such thing as good writing — only good rewriting.” But there’s [...]