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How to Write a Book in 5 Simple Steps (& Become an Author)

Smart Blogger

And for those moments when you’re uncertain about your prose, grammar and style checkers, such as Grammarly and Hemingway Editor , stand ready to polish your words, ensuring your initial drafts mirror your vision closely. Writing tools like grammar checkers can assist, as can a professional proofreader.

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17 Content Writing Tips You Need To Use

BKA Content

The Hemingway App is a free online tool to identify and eliminate common writing issues that can bog down your prose. Facilitate, obtain and in order to are other examples of words and phrases that should often be replaced with basic, everyday alternatives.

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Writing Fast, Collaboration, And Author Mindset With Daniel Willcocks

The Creative Penn

And I was reading through these, and at the time I was a nonfiction proofreader and copy editor, sorting out other people's work, and I was reading these stories just going like these are—like I didn't understand the medium of short stories very well, and obviously, if you're going to start anywhere, start with Stephen King. It's freeing.

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Different Traditional Publishing Experiences With Georgina Cross

The Creative Penn

That can be good, in one way, because you do have time to really reflect and dig deep, and write better prose, months and months of structural edits, like three or four versions of it. For example, this week, I'm finishing edits for a book for Penguin Random House while also having to proofread the next book with Bookouture.