The Business of Being a Writer, by Jane Friedman
Book Review: The Business of Being a Writer, by Jane Friedman
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Ellie Barton
- 4 min
How to gain perspective on your first draft
You’ve finished your first draft and you’re wondering, Is it any good? To evaluate your work and figure out what you want to change, you...
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Ellie Barton
- 2 min
Should memoir have its own section in bookstores?
4/14/2022 Memoir is an exploding category. More and more, people want to read real-life stories that bear witness to the poignancy, pain,...
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Ellie Barton
- 5 min
What makes the first-person voice engaging?
4/23/2020 The first person “I” is a natural point of view for memoir and personal essays. But writers take a risk in using “I” – the risk...
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Ellie Barton
- 3 min
Mastering the mechanics of dialogue
1/23/2020 It’s harder than it looks to write dialogue that sounds natural. Writers can't just transcribe speech, with all its ums and...
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Barbara Sjoholm
- 3 min
An Editor's Guide to Working with Authors, by Barbara Sjoholm
There is a glut of books on the market about how to write fiction, but only a handful on editing fiction. There are a gazillion books on...
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Carol Fisher Saller
- 2 min
The Subversive Copy Editor, by Carol Fisher Saller
Copy editors. Aren’t they pinched-nosed mousy types with bifocals and buttoned-up blouses? Carol Fisher Saller, author of The Subversive...
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Steven Cahn and Victor Cahn
- 2 min
Polishing Your Prose, by Steven Cahn and Victor Cahn
Brothers and scholars Steven Cahn and Victor Cahn attempt something new in Polishing Your Prose: How to Turn First Drafts into Finished...
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Mary Norris
- 4 min
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen, by Mary Norris
Should it be “short, balding man” or “short balding man”? “Bad hair day” or “bad-hair day”? Mary Norris, a copy editor at The New Yorker...
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Peter Ginna
- 3 min
What Editors Do: The Art, Craft & Business of Book Editing
What’s not to like about What Editors Do? This collection of essays traces the role of book editors from acquisition to publication and...
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