Feeling stuck in your writing? Not sure where to go next or what to improve? It might be time to set some writing goals. Now, in general goal setting can help you benchmark your progress so that you have something tangible to work towards. But, when it comes specifically to writing goals, there’s a lot…
Proofreading is an essential step in the publishing process of any book genre, but particularly for nonfiction. On the surface, this may seem like an unnecessary task to follow multiple rounds of editing, but it’s actually critical. The thing is, while most people think proofreading is just about finding the odd typo and small grammar…
As the name implies, informative, or expository writing is a form of writing in which the author aims to inform readers without expressing their personal views or opinions. In other words, the goal of informative writing is to communicate without influencing. The second you try to direct readers in any way, you’re no longer informing…
Paradox Definition: A paradox is a statement that appears to be absurd but may actually contain a core of truth. It typically involves two contradictory statements that can both be true at the same time. Paradoxes are often used in literature to illustrate seemingly clashing situations or ideas that challenge our expectations about truth and…
In its basic form, a personal narrative is a story told in the first person where you reflect about a meaningful experience, including your feelings about it, your learnings, your journey, and so on. It usually has to do with something that has been transformational, unique in your life that caused you to rethink or…
Are you working on a novel? Perhaps you’re getting your manuscript ready to send to a publisher or agent. Before you send it off, stop: have you followed the appropriate narrative writing conventions? While sentence structure, capitalization rules, spelling, punctuation and proper grammar might seem a little elementary, your work can seriously miss the mark…
Parallelism in writing is the use of similar structures in a sentence to create balance or emphasis. It can be used to make your nonfiction writing more concise, and to add power and clarity to your words. For example, you can use parallelism to: Now, it’s important to use parallelism correctly in order to get…
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