Quick Writing Tips For Writers (#9 – Make Analogies Relevant)
We’ve all read a story that just feels right. You start scanning the words and something about them flows so well that you feel weightless,…
Quick Writing Tips (#8 – Watch Your Adjectives)
Improve Writing through proper adjective use Thanks for joining us today for Tips to Improve Writing (#8 – Watch your Adjectives). You may be wondering…
Quick Writing Tips (#7 – Tighten Sentences)
If you’ve landed here at Vanilla Grass for the first time, this post is part of a bi-weekly series, and this week’s Tips to Improve Writing…
How to Write a Chapter – a Checklist for novels
Why do I need a How to Write a Chapter Checklist? Recently I started plotting another story and although I’ve written close to a dozen…
Quick Writing Tips (#6 – Don’t Start with Dialogue)
Tip #6 to Improve your Writing: Don’t Start with Dialogue I know I’ll get backlash for including Tips to Improve Writing (#6 – Don’t Start…
Quick Writing Tips (#5 – Add Variety to Sentence Beginnings)
Tip #5: Add Variety to Sentence Beginnings Today we’re sharing another installment in our series Tips to Improve Writing (#5 – Add Variety to Sentence…
5 Resolutions Every Writer Needs to Start the New Year Writing
It’s almost the end of a doozy year (Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021!), and more than ever the world needs people to set resolutions and keep…
Tips from the Slush Pile – How to know when you’re ready to submit
Today’s guest post comes from the amazing Jessica Guernsey, a manuscript evaluator/slush pile reader for two publishers. Read on to see her tips from the…
Tips to Improve Writing (#4 – Avoid Repetitive Words)
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…
Tips to Improve Your Writing (#3 – Using Dialogue Tags)
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…