Just remember that with contraction apostrophes, they only go one way around, that just means you always use the closing apostrophe. (Think single...
I'm UK, and I contract edit with a US MM publisher (gay romance, covering all sub-genres: steampunk, sci-fi, crime, thriller). They also have...
Ah, let's try this link again! Scroll down to Multiple Lines of Dialogue. :) http://theeditorsblog.net/2010/12/08/punctuation-in-dialogue/ But...
It's a guideline, and many a publisher will use that format (dropping the closing speech tag to show the dialogue belongs to the same speaker,...
I wanted an image of a tattoo drawn for exclusive merchandise rights (bookmarks, fridge magnets, roller banners etc). A cover artist quoted me...
Once you think all structural edits are finished, that's a good time to go to copy edit level, maybe this time check for legal issues, product...
In all honesty, it's no different to writing down an out-of-context thought you have that might lead to a good story. It's just on a larger scale,...
When I start a novel, it frightens the life out of me with the scope of it: the time it takes to write, to research, to edit, to get it beta read,...
I understand what you're trying to say, but I don't think you understand the style choice itself, from the example you gave us. Free indirect...
I think most writers understand the key word: narrator. 1st, 3rd, omni... they all come under... narrator. In any of them, it's not the author,...
I think I'd want to know what the field/house was doing on top of the rabbit hutch. Maybe rearrange the misplaced modifier?
What you're talking about is akin to style shifting. Every speaker will speak differently in different contexts, shifting from one style to...
With 1st pov, the narration itself is a form of protected speech just like dialogue (lyrics, poetry etc): where her dialogue is unique to her, her...
Tense has a companion called aspect. They always go together: tense and aspect. Tense will tell you when something happens: had said (his dad had...
I think most times it's about knowing what the reader knows and using that. But you need to know both techie and non-techie readers. H.G. Wells...
Separate names with a comma.
