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Grammar Punctuation 

Some sticky punctuation questions: PART 2

10/05/2020 Write Well, Write To Sell 58 Views 0 Comments good writing techniques, rick taubold, sticky points of punctuation

(from the Chicago Manual of Style) From Rick: I decided to continue from last time with more of those sticky punctuation questions I found in the Chicago Manual of Style’s online Q&A. To avoid confusion, I’m going to pick up

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Grammar Punctuation 

Some sticky punctuation questions: PART 1

09/28/202010/05/2020 Write Well, Write To Sell 75 Views 0 Comments good writing techniques, rick taubold, tricky punctuation issues

(from the Chicago Manual of Style) From Rick: This past Saturday I gave a presentation to my local writers group on “Sticky and Tricky Points of Punctuation.” As a result of that presentation, one of the members sent me an

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Grammar Punctuation 

Are your commas in the right places?

09/14/2020 Write Well, Write To Sell 132 Views 0 Comments good writing techniques, proper comma placement, punctuation, rick taubold

From Rick: Most of us recognize that the comma is perhaps the most difficult piece of punctuation to get right because it has so many rules that apply to it. I prefer to call them conventions instead of rules because

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Basics of writing Formatting Novel writing 

Using scene breaks properly

09/07/2020 Write Well, Write To Sell 94 Views 0 Comments good writing techniques, novel writing, rick taubold, scene breaks

From Rick: From time to time I receive questions about scenes and scene breaks. We’ve all heard the term “scene” used, but we don’t often hear it defined. Here’s one concise definition I found online: “A scene is a section

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Publishing news Self-Publishing Traditional publishing 

Indie book publishing in 2020

08/24/2020 Write Well, Write To Sell 98 Views 0 Comments indie publishing, rick taubold, self-publishing

From Rick: This week’s post will be a short one from my perspective, but it will provide you with some good reading material and hopefully some good insights. We’re over ten years into indie publishing, and it’s safe to say

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Description 

Character descriptions: avoid a description shopping list

08/17/2020 Write Well, Write To Sell 97 Views 0 Comments avoid description shopping lists, description, good writing techniques, integrating description, novel writing, rick taubold

From Rick: How often in novels have you read descriptions like the following? (1) Nancy hung her jacket and hat in the closet across from the front door, and placed her black, knitted gloves inside the pocket. She sat on

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Basics of writing Grammar 

Passive writing and passive voice

08/04/2020 Write Well, Write To Sell 105 Views 0 Comments good writing techniques, passive writing, rick taubold

From Rick: Last time I answered a question about whether the word “had” fell on the list of words we should avoid overusing in our writing, words like: really, just, actually, very, in fact, looked, seemed, looked like, there (as

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Basics of writing Verb tenses 

Proper use and overuse of “had” in writing

07/27/202008/17/2020 Write Well, Write To Sell 86 Views 0 Comments bad writing advice, good writing techniques, novel writing, overuse of "had"

From Rick: Recently, a member of my local writers group mentioned having seen several articles that “had” was one of those words writers should avoid using. That got my attention. In my thirty-some years of writing experience, I have never

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Promotion & Marketing 

Promotion and marketing tips

07/20/202007/20/2020 Write Well, Write To Sell 100 Views 0 Comments book marketing, book promotion, indie publishing, rick taubold

From Rick: What’s the best way to promote your writing? As far as I know, it’s still word of mouth. In fact, that pretty much applies to promoting and marketing anything. Beyond that, I don’t pretend to have any answers

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Point of view 

First person or third person: which is better?

07/06/202007/11/2020 Write Well, Write To Sell 107 Views 0 Comments character viewpoint, first person vs. third person, good writing techniques, point of view

First person or third person: which is better? From Rick: A few years back, I did a post on the differences between a story, an anecdote, and an essay and how to tell which you’ve written. Classifying your piece properly

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