Editing angles to improve your writing by Barbara McNichol, nonfiction book editor with offices in Colorado and Arizona
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By Barbara McNichol As hurried electronic messages go flying by, what gets lost? As you listen to multiple news shows, talking heads, and barking sports announcers, what gets lost? The clarity and correctness of our language, something we don’t want to lose (or is it loose?). My antenna crackles in annoyance when incorrect language reaches [...]
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by Barbara McNichol Did you develop a plan or even start crafting your book in 2010? If so, congratulations! If not, you have a clean slate in this new year—a fresh opportunity to share your expertise with the world! Look at 2011 as a fresh start to attract more opportunities and build more connections through [...]
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Looking at the analytics that reveal where visitors go on my website, I see they frequently open “Expert Editing Team,” which is equivalent to the “About” page on many sites. When I updated this page recently, I took in lots of advice including a few guidelines from Seth Godin’s blog. Specifically, he advises not to: [...]
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by Katie Steigman (used by permission from Greenleaf Book Group) Publishers receive quite a few memoirs, a good number of self-help books, and, unfortunately, far too many that straddle the line between the two. There is a natural tendency to take an inspirational story and try to weave lessons into it, but the problem is [...]
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by Suzanne F. Stevens (used with permission) By the time you have read this newsletter, your in-box will have new mail. Some of it will be for you, some of it won’t, some of it won’t be clear if it’s for you or not, some of it will be important, good chance most of [...]
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This posting came from interviewer Grael Norton of Wheatmark Publishing who wrote– Did you miss this week’s Authors Academy Teleseminar? Expert editor Barbara McNichol had me furiously nodding my head in agreement with her tips, particularly #1 and #5. In a little under an hour, she taught us how to Add Power to Your Pen [...]
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Recent and future events have turned me into a serious student of how to “tell your story” on the page with more eloquence and persuasion. One upcoming teleseminar features an interview with master storyteller/teacher Christina Baldwin. Her book Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives through the Power and Practice of Story has been my delightful textbook. [...]
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In a recent teleseminar, I shared lots of info about working with an editor plus 10 ways to improve your writing with host Dr. Sandra Haymon on blogtalkradio.com. What a fun experience! You can hear these teleclass free by going to www.BlogTalkRadio.com/sandra-haymon You’ll see Top 10 Techniques title in the box on the right. Just press [...]
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by Jerry Brown, APR (used with permission) Hook me at the beginning if you want me to notice your story. Then keep it interesting if you want me to stick around until you’re done telling it. Good storytellers know it’s important to grab their audience’s attention right from the start. That’s why the lead of a news story [...]
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By Patrice Rhoades-Baum (used with permission) A colleague asked for feedback on an article she wrote for a health organization. It was well written, the headline hummed the main theme, and, like a chorus, her theme resonated throughout. Applause! But a hiccup prevented this article from “singing.” In fact, it had caught a “we-zing” cold [...]
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