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How to Turn Your Year Around: Getting Your Novel Plans Back on Track
How’s 2025 been going for you? Maybe you started the year feeling enthusiastic and motivated: this was going to be the year you finished your novel. But we’re close to halfway through the year now, and perhaps things haven’t quite gone to plan. Novels often take...

Using Apostrophes Correctly: From the Easy to the Tricky Cases
I think it’s a safe bet that you’ve come across the apostrophe before. (If not … there are two in the previous sentence.) However, quite a few writers struggle with using apostrophes correctly. And that can really damage your credibility…

What is an Epistolary Novel? Pros, Cons, and Examples of Epistolary Fiction
You might have heard the term “epistolary novel” bandied around in writing circles or book groups. An “epistle” is a letter—and “epistolary fiction” just means a story written in the form of letters. These days, stories that are written as diary entries, text...