7 More Mistakes to Avoid and Book Recommendations
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- Mar 10, 2010
- by mary demuth
- Editorial, Publishing, Writing
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Here are my final seven mistakes to avoid. I hope this four-part series proved helpful as you strove to deepen and clean up your writing. 1. Mundane Prose. We don’t need to hear the mundane parts of a character’s day, or hear his mundane speech. Example John ate breakfast. He wiped his mouth, then slurped [...]
- Feb 12, 2010
- by mary demuth
- Editorial, Publishing, Tools, Writing
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For those of you who love lists, here’s another list of ten common mistakes I see writers make when they come through The Writing Spa. Check and see if you make these mistakes too. And if you do, choose to make 2010 the year you change the way you write. 1 Starting the story too [...]
- Dec 21, 2009
- by mary demuth
- Editorial, Publishing, Writing
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In my adventures in publishing and helping new authors get published, I’ve found ten common mistakes authors should avoid. Look through this list. How many do you do? How many have you nixed? Keep this by your manuscript (fiction or nonfiction) as a handy way to self-edit your work. 1. Negatives: The mind takes 48% [...]
