7 Words You Should Delete From Your Manuscript

“In this post, I’ve included a few words that most professional writers and editors will cut as often as possible. You can use this post as a guide to identify overused words in your own writing and cut them out to make your work clearer and more concise.”

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POROUS: First Draft Complete

On Saturday, August 19, I finished my first full-length novel. Despite the fact that I’ve written, edited, and published three books in collaboration with my mom and sister – the Seeds trilogy – as well as a solo novella in the same series, this is my first solo novel. POROUS began in January of 2014 as…

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The Life of a Young Writer (Through The Many Faces of Jennifer Lawrence)

In honor of Jennifer Lawrence’s win at the Oscars on Sunday (which only served to redouble my blossoming love for her) I decided to make use of her acting talents and multifarious faces to express some of the trials and tribulations of being an aspiring novelist. WHEN I FINISH A DAY OF EDITING WHEN AN…

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