As authors and audiences have diversified, it might be time to look at the standards for formatting non-English words and explore some of our options.

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How Should We Format Non-English Words?

Some verb tenses can cause confusion with passive voice. What is passive voice, and how can we tell when the word “was” is not a sign of passive voice?

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Active vs. Passive Voice: Was and Not Was

Most stories are written in literary past tense. What does that term mean, and if different from normal past tense, how is literary past tense different?

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Storytelling Verb Tenses: Past, Present, and “Literary” Past Tense

As we’ve journeyed through the writing learning curve, we’ve been helped by others. How can we pay that assistance forward to help other writers?

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How Can Writers Pay It Forward?

As we go through the editing process, we might have questions we wish we could ask a professional editor. How can we get our question answered?

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Need Advice from an Editor?

Choosing the right word requires us to know grammar, consider voice, avoid typos, and possess a large vocabulary. Homophones add a layer of difficulty.

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Choosing Just the Right Words — Guest: Kathy Steinemann

Just as there are risks to breaking writing rules, there’s risk in emphasizing them too much as well. And what does “strong writing” really mean when it comes to developing our voice?

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Want to Break Writing Rules? Gain Readers’ Trust