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Writing real people is the hardest character work there is: you know too much and can say too little. Craft...
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July 26, 2026
Freelance writers undercharge for one reason and it isn't the market. Pricing math, impostor tax included, for people who sell...
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July 26, 2026
Theater dialogue fails in a special way: out loud, in real time, with witnesses. A playwright's guide to lines actors...
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July 26, 2026
Photographers and artists making books hit a wall called writing. Artist statements, captions, and intros for people who'd rather do...
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July 26, 2026
Show-don't-tell isn't fiction's private property. How journalists, copywriters, and researchers make true things land in the body, not just the...
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July 26, 2026
Readers judge your cover in half a second, and the font testifies first. Typography triage for authors who think type...
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July 26, 2026
You edit for a living, which makes your own draft the most over-supervised manuscript alive. How professional editors get out...
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July 26, 2026
Your blurb is not a summary. It's a seduction with a word count. How to write back cover copy that...
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July 26, 2026
Speeches and scripts are edited with the eye and murdered by the mouth. The ear-first editing pass for anyone whose...
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July 26, 2026
A picture book is a duet where the words and art keep grabbing the same microphone. How author-illustrator teams split...
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July 26, 2026
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