Rewriting vs. Editing

  I recently took a class on rewriting that gave me deeper insights into some of the things I’m already doing, and suggestions to improve others. The first thing discussed was the definition of rewriting. How is it different from editing? Typically, a writer gets a first draft on...

Welcome to Smooth Draft

Smooth Draft can write, edit, or proofread your fiction or non-fiction. We’ll take your rough draft and smooth it out.  Whether you’re a published author, a self-published author, aspiring to have your first work published, or an academic, we have the skills and...

Speech tags speak loude...

That should probably be “more loudly,” (assuming speech tags could speak) but I’ll stick with the well-known phrase even though it’s got some grammatical issues, anthropomorphizing aside. The Basics Speech tags. We’ve all seen them, even if we didn’t...

Lessons: how helpful?

I’d like to see if I’m on the right track with the kind of information that people want to see. Let me know what you think of the lessons I’ve posted so far. [poll id=”15″] [poll id=”16″] Please share...

Lessons Learned #2B: Ad...

To follow up on the lesson I posted yesterday, here’s a tip someone told me about how to keep POV from shifting within a scene. Many writers don’t even seem to realize they are doing it and this will help. Take the role of the POV character and write in first person. This...