We’re to write fast, edit slowly, but if we’re aware of habits as we write, the editing process will be much less painful. Since my own drafts are full of great “bad habit” examples, I’ll use excerpts from them throughout this series. The next bad writing habit we’ll discuss is RUE–Resist the Urge to Explain. […]

Some fiction writers imagine great stories just waiting to transform into a novel. Some nonfiction writers have researched amazing facts they wish to compile into a book or magazine article. The problem is, both types of writers get bogged down with the basics of writing, or what my editor friend Kathy Ide calls the PUGS–punctuation, […]