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…
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…
Tip #2 to Improve Your Writing (When to Use Adverbs)
Improve your Writing: Learn When to Use Adverbs Adverbs modify verbs and usually end in “ly.” For example, if you intently read Tip #2 to…