INDEX to Grace's Writing & Editing Blogs

Hailey, Riley & Cassidy laying their handmade cards at the Pulse Memorial

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For the latest update of my blog index, I decided  should take the time to redo the format from top to bottom. I also discovered that I had not updated since I moved last year, so an overhaul was long overdue. Hopefully, the following revised index, divided into WRITING, EDITING, and SPECIAL TOPICS, will help you find articles that will be useful. Having reached the age and experience of "grande dame," I enjoy the opportunity to pass along some of what I've learned since I started writing in earnest in 1991. For the latest in tech info, forgetaboutit, but when it comes to the nitty gritty of putting words together . . .
 

 UPDATED INDEX TO GRACE'S WRITING & EDITING BLOGS

2011-2016

WRITING

Formatting a Manuscript - May 9, 2011
Nuts & Bolts, Part 1 (grammar, punctuation) - May 16, 2011
Tab conversion (from manual to auto) - June 5, 2011
Nuts & Bolts, Part 2 (punctuation, helpful books) - June 16, 2011
Using Italics - February 15 & 22, 2014
Using Capitals - April 12 & 19, 2014
Manuscript Format for the 21st Century - May 6, 2012
Writing No-No’s - May 28, 2012
Point of View - June 18, 2012
Attitudes Toward Point of View - Feb. 20, 2016
Playing with Tags - March 19, 2016

HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR CHARACTERS series:
What you need to discover about your characters - Oct. 15, 2012
More questions about your characters - Oct. 29, 2012
The Rest of the Story - Nov. 5, 2012

Character Development (3 parts) - Nov. 7, Dec. 5, 2015 & Feb. 6, 2016

Dictionary for Writers (5 parts) - Feb. 4 - April 7, 2013

Layering - June 30, 2013
Dangling Participles - July 7, 2013
Show vs. Tell - July 21 & 28, 2013
Treacherous Words - Aug. 11, 2013
The Difference a Word Makes - Sept. 1, 2013
“Modern” Punctuation - Sept. 15, 2013
Questions to Ask Yourself - Oct. 13, 2013
Third Person vs. First (2 parts) - May 31 & June 8, 2014
Rule-Breaking (3 parts) - June 21 - July 5, 2014

WRITING WORKSHOP (9 parts) - Dec. 6, 2014 - June 28, 2015
[covers Ideas, Fresh Twists, Research, Title, Names, Opening & Hooks, Plot, Goals, Motivation, Conflict, Setting, Characters, Narration, Dialogue, Pacing, Point of View, Transitions, Mechanics, Self-editing, & Questions to ask yourself before declaring your work “finished.”]

WORLD-BUILDING series (4 parts) - Dec. 28, 1013 - Feb. 1, 2014
   [a look at the problem of creating a whole new world]

 

EDITING

 
I Ran Spell Check, I’m Done, Right? (self-editing) - July 2, 2011
The Final Steps (self-editing) - July 14, 2011

From the EDIT THE BLASTED BOOK series:
Intro to Self-editing - April 1, 2012
Should You Hire Help? - April 28, 2012
Anatomy of an Edit - Aug. 5 & 19, 2012

Editing Scold - Dec. 14, 2013
More on Editing - May 3, 2014
Editing Examples (4 parts) - Aug. 8, Aug. 23, Aug. 30 & Sept. 13, 2015
Misused Words (2 parts) - Oct. 4 & 25, 2014
Copyediting Challenges (7 parts) - Aug. 29, 2015 - Oct. 31, 2015 + April 3, 2016

SPECIAL TOPICS

Reminiscences of Controversies (3 parts) - May 13 - May 26, 2013
     [a look at writing controversies over the past 2 decades]
Guideposts for Critiquing - Jan. 28, 2011
Writing Mistakes, Near Misses & Just Plain Strange - March 4, 2011
Shortcuts for Writers (ASCII codes) - March 18, 2011
Rules for Romance - Sept. 18, 2011 & Oct. 16, 2011
How Not to Write a Book - Dec. 20, 2012
Branding - Bah, humbug [writing multi-genre] - Jan. 21, 2013
How Does Your Novel Grow? - April 28, 2013
Word Perfect to Indie Pub - Nov. 27, 2013
Questions Fiction Writers Should Ask Themselves - Oct. 13, 2013
How Not to Write a Book - April 4, 2015
On Being a Writer - Aug. 22, 2015
The Tricks to Track Changes - Jan. 16, 2016
Running Off at the Keyboard (rant) - Feb. 13, 2016
Why I Love E-books (2 parts) - May 21 & May 29, 2016

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Thanks for stopping by,

Grace

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