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Quotation Marks in Fiction

July 24, 2018 BDR Leave a comment

Quotation marks are a common punctuation with multiple uses. Most often used in dialogue, they have strict rules when used…

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Posted in: Blog, Editing Tips Filed under: editing, punctuation, quotation marks, quote marks

Editing Homonyms and Spelling Errors

June 22, 2018 BDR Leave a comment

Part of copyediting is catching spelling errors and incorrect usage of homonyms. Some people think that they can simply rely…

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Posted in: Blog, Editing Tips Filed under: common mistakes, copyediting, editing, homonyms, misspell, misspelling, spelling errors
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Commonly Confused Words

May 26, 2018 BDR Leave a comment

Similar sounding words and spellings are easy to mix up when writing. What’s worse is that spellcheck won’t catch these…

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Posted in: Blog, Editing Tips Filed under: commonly confused words, confused words, editing
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Question Marks in Fiction

May 9, 2018 BDR Leave a comment

Question marks are a common and easily used punctuation mark in the English language. However, they have their own specific…

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Posted in: Blog, Editing Tips Filed under: editing, punctuation, question mark, question marks

Exclamation Points in Fiction

April 28, 2018 BDR Leave a comment

Do your fingers like to stray over the shift + 1 button as you write? Yes? Don’t worry, this is…

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Posted in: Editing Tips Filed under: editing, exclamation point, punctuation
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Contractions in Fiction

April 19, 2018 BDR Leave a comment

Do contractions belong in fiction? Your high school English teacher might have said “no.” It’s a debate that leads to…

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Posted in: Blog, Editing Tips Filed under: contractions, dialogue, genre, narration, POV

Double Spaces: Don’t Do It

April 7, 2018 BDR Leave a comment

Whether you use a double space after a period because it’s how you were taught or because you think it…

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Posted in: Editing Tips Filed under: double spaces, editing, formatting, periods, single spacing

Catching and Correcting Consistent Misspellings

March 29, 2018 BDR Leave a comment

Do you ever find yourself misspelling the same word over and over? Or you always mix up the same two…

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Posted in: Blog, Editing Tips Filed under: consistent misspellings, copyediting, editing, editing checklist, find and replace, mistyping, typos

Editing Weak Verbs

March 23, 2018 BDR Leave a comment

We use weak verbs constantly when we speak (except for enchanting verbal storytellers), and this is a habit we want…

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Posted in: Editing Tips Filed under: adverbs, common verbs, copyediting, editing, general verbs, passive voice, strong verbs, verbs, weak verbs

When to Change a Character Name

March 10, 2018 BDR Leave a comment

The perfect character name isn’t always perfect. Many times the name you first fell in love with isn’t the best…

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Posted in: Blog, Editing Tips Filed under: characters, names, naming characters

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