Category: Writing life
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ISBNs and Barcodes: What They Are and Why Your Book Needs Them
As we progress through the book production process, it’s crucial to address the significance of an ISBN and a barcode. While some companies provide ISBNs or include them in their packages, authors may not fully grasp the importance of these identifiers. This article aims to delve deeper into what an ISBN is, emphasize the advantages…
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Tips for Self-Editing: The Active Versus Passive Voice
If you tuned in to last week’s blog posts, you’ll have seen some guidelines for self-editing that touch on basic grammatical edits, with the active versus passive voice as one of them. Friday’s post offered a general overview of the differences, but let’s dive a little deeper into the nuances of these two sentence structures.…
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The Importance of Self-Editing, Pt. 2: Tips for Editing your Second Draft
Now that you’ve read through and made simple changes to your first draft, it’s time to tackle the second. Self-editing a second draft is the time for focusing on the smaller issues you might’ve overlooked on the first edit, such as passive versus active voice and specific grammar inconsistencies. Before you begin, it’s useful to…
