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Trish Lockard
- Dec 20, 2021
- 4 min
Five Levels of Editing: Which Do You Need?
Defining the 5 levels of editing: developmental, substantive, line, copy, and proofread.
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Trish Lockard
- Dec 2, 2021
- 5 min
What to Expect from a Book Editor
The role that editors play on behalf of their clients is more complicated than most novice writers understand. This has everything to do...
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Trish Lockard
- Nov 20, 2021
- 4 min
Write with Purpose Using Indexing
The woman whose memoir writing advice I most admire, Marion Roach Smith, recently discussed a technique for self-editing your writing...
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Trish Lockard
- Nov 7, 2021
- 3 min
Thinking About Writing a Memoir? Read This First.
A memoir without a theme is a trip without a destination.
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Trish Lockard
- Jun 29, 2021
- 4 min
How Long Should a Memoir Be?
How long should a memoir be? The answer is not "as long as it needs to be. "Have a good theme, a defined audience, and a desired effect.
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Trish Lockard
- Dec 29, 2020
- 5 min
Writing Memoir: Avoid These Common Mistakes
You’d like to write a memoir. You’ve been thinking about it for a year or more. You’ve been journaling for years or just writing down...
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Trish Lockard
- Dec 12, 2020
- 4 min
Sensitivity Readers: An Editing Specialty Comes of Age
In June 2019, I posted an article to this blog called "Sensitivity Readers Are Not Censors." At that time, controversy was swirling...
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Trish Lockard
- Nov 15, 2020
- 2 min
Is It Time to Write Your Memoir?
By mingling on social media with potential memoirists, I often hear it said that they need to get their stories out to the world; they’ve...
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Trish Lockard
- Oct 23, 2020
- 5 min
Best Writing and Editing Resources
A few of the best resources for writers and editors.
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