Writing Tips
Amy Delcambre
What Being Unprepared to Run a Marathon Taught ...

You should want to sing “the end” from the rooftops, not vomit in the sand between the back of a portaloo and someone’s million-dollar Cape Cod-style McMansion.

What Being Unprepared to Run a Marathon Taught Me about Novel Writing
Editing Tips, True Stories
Amy Delcambre
My $7,791 Business Mistake

· Every contract is worth walking away from. Any job you take is keeping you from another job opportunity.

My $7,791 Business Mistake
Writing Tips
Amy Delcambre
5 Terrible Excuses You’re Not Writing Your ...

Good reasons for not writing are terrible excuses. Stop making excuses and start planning and prioritizing, so you can start writing (for real).

5 Terrible Excuses You’re Not Writing Your Story (And How to End the Cycle)
Writing Tips
Amy Delcambre
How to Show Not Tell in Writing

The why factor tells reader things about your characters. Readers learn who people, and they connect more deeply with the story, such as in “The Gift of the Magi” when writers show instead of tell.

How to Show Not Tell in Writing
Writing Memoir
Amy Delcambre
How to Write about Trauma

When you write about things that have happened to you (such as in memoir), you revisit the emotions that you had when those events transpired.

How to Write about Trauma

Editing Tips

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5 Great Copyediting Programs for Mac Users

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5 Great Copyediting Programs for Mac Users

Copyediting programs help editors (and writers) work smarter, not harder. These are the best five programs that I’ve found (and used) for editors who are also Mac users.

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How to Use Adjectives in Storytelling

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How to Use Adjectives in Storytelling

There are arguably three kinds of descriptive adjectives: factual, subjective, and opinions. Improve your writing by learning how to use adjectives effectively.

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How to Become a Freelance Editor

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How to Become a Freelance Editor

Love words, style, plot, and all of the other nuances of great storytelling but don’t want to be an author? See if you have the chops to be a freelance editor.

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The Best Writing & Editing Tool of All Time

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The Best Writing & Editing Tool of All Time

The best writing technology is no technology; notebooks safeguard your ideas and help you produce more focused and organized, and better-developed first drafts.