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How to write dialogue: 3 – character and viewpoint

How to write dialogue: 3 – character and viewpoint

by Pernickety Kate | Mar 7, 2022 | Editing, Words, Writing skills

In earlier posts, I covered dialogue punctuation and layout in fiction and memoir. But what about the things the characters actually say? Sounding natural A mistake often made by fiction writers is to think that ‘natural dialogue’ means including everything a speaker...
How to write dialogue: 2 – layout

How to write dialogue: 2 – layout

by Pernickety Kate | Jun 2, 2021 | Editing, Proofreading, Writing skills

In How to write dialogue: 1, I explained how to punctuate written speech. (The fact that it took a whole blog is a measure of how complex it can be.) You should be comfortable with most of those ideas before reading this blog on layout – or at least have the other...
What is a writer’s ‘voice’? And should an editor leave it well alone?

What is a writer’s ‘voice’? And should an editor leave it well alone?

by Pernickety Kate | Sep 28, 2018 | Editing, Words, Writing skills

Everybody’s different. We can see people’s uniqueness in their clothes, their hairstyle, their accent, their hobbies or pets. And that individuality extends to their writing. I currently have an editing job involving lots of technical documents, destined to be part of...
Read all about it! How to write a press release for your event

Read all about it! How to write a press release for your event

by Pernickety Kate | Apr 10, 2018 | Editing, Writing skills

At some stage, you may be asked to write a press release for a local newspaper – maybe to promote an event for your organisation. Newspaper editors will usually require a press release to be in the same style as the rest of the paper. Well, it makes sense to keep on...
Do you know the difference between proofreading and editing?

Do you know the difference between proofreading and editing?

by Pernickety Kate | Mar 6, 2018 | Editing, Proofreading

Proofreading and editing are jumbled up in many people’s minds as “something to do with writing”. If I say I do both, then one of the first questions I’m asked is: “What’s the difference?” You might think that a proofreader checks for mistakes, and of...
4 reasons NOT to welcome your customers

4 reasons NOT to welcome your customers

by Pernickety Kate | Feb 15, 2018 | Editing, Words, Writing skills

“Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome!” Even when not watching Cabaret, we’d all be happy to be greeted with these words, wouldn’t we? Such harmless pleasantry – what could possibly be wrong with treating customers like this? Well, in some contexts, nothing at all. At the...
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