by Linden Gross | Jan 29, 2026 | Editing, Writing, Writing Coach Services
Congratulations—you finished a draft of your book! Now comes the part that separates dabblers from authors: revision. If your manuscript feels sloppy, kudos to you. First drafts are supposed to be messy since you need to let it all hang out when you’re creating....
by Linden Gross | Jan 22, 2026 | Editing, Language, Writing
Good, character-revealing dialogue does more than move a plot forward—it reveals who your characters are when they’re not trying to explain themselves. What they say, how they say it, and what they don’t say all build a portrait more vivid than any description could....
by Linden Gross | Oct 12, 2023 | Editing
Why do so few people look at the big picture? I just found out that my HOA is considering ripping out the community’s 20-year-old landscape and replacing it with new. I’ll admit that sometimes a project does require a total revamp. But to determine whether...
by Linden Gross | Mar 2, 2023 | Editing, Writing Coach Services
Last November, J.W. Judge and Barbara Hinske interviewed me for The Write Approach podcast. I published the first part of that interview about working with a writing coach last month. Here’s the second part of the interview, which focuses on the different kinds...
by Linden Gross | Dec 15, 2022 | Editing
Now that we’ve dealt with the formatting of your manuscript, we can finally move on to how to copyedit language. I always start by running two spellchecks. The spellcheck attached to Word is much faster, but catches less than Grammarly, which the website describes as...
by Linden Gross | Dec 8, 2022 | Editing
Are you ready? Last week we covered copyediting basics. This week, we’re going to tackle what a lot of people would suggest handling last in a copyedit – formatting. Start by turning on Track Changes even if you’re copyediting your own manuscript. You’ll want to be...
