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Tips to Improve Writing (#4 – Avoid Repetitive Words)

December 9, 2020

Tip #4: Avoid Repetitive Words like the Plague If you’ve landed here at Vanilla Grass for the first time, this post is part of a…

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Tips to Improve Your Writing (#3 – Using Dialogue Tags)

November 24, 2020

Tip #3 to Improve your Writing: Use Dialogue Tags that Make Your Writing Flow Dialogue tags can make or break a writer. Done well, they…

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Quick Tips to Improve Your Writing (#1 – Punctuation Abuse)

October 27, 2020

Are you ready to read the first tip in our Tips to Improve Your Writing Series? I hope so. But first, you should understand something….

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Developmental Editing: 4 Steps To Improve Your Book’s Theme Now!

February 2, 2024

Hello, my pretties! Curious how to improve your book’s theme? Welcome to post #2 in the Developmental Editor tips and tricks posts! I thought since…

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3 Tips to Handle Critiques and Rejections (+ How to Benefit From Them)

June 2, 2021

Learn how to handle critiques and rejections with the elegance and decorum of a three-headed dog. I wish I could tell you that the writing…

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Quick Writing Tips (#11 – Don’t Start With Backstory)

April 21, 2021

“Don’t start with backstory! Your readers will lose interest before you’ve even begun,” is arguably the most common feedback I hear for first chapters. And…

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How to Knock Your 1st Editor Phone Call Out of the Park (7 Questions + Quick, Helpful Tips)

April 14, 2021

The first call with your editor doesn’t need to be stressful. Debut author, Heather Clark, gives her experience and some tips on how to knock it out of the park.