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The research thesis is a full-length report that focuses your ideas, perspectives, and research on a given topic or issue. After writing a research proposal, you will have gathered information, ideas, and evidence to support the findings and results presented in your research thesis, in which you’ll...

Download This Seminar’s Handout Let’s review what an editor looks for when evaluating your scenes. This is the methodical method of how to edit the scenes of your book. Professional editors review the overall story arc of your book. In order to succeed in this task, we also evaluate the structure...

Structural editing of scenes in fiction writing may be a new concept to many writers. In the past, fiction novels were mainly broken down by chapter, perhaps with one or two scene breaks with in each chapter. Nowadays, some fiction authors are employing an exciting new concept in their writing, and readers...

  Kristina Stanley from Fictionary joins JoEllen Nordstrom to talk about action and sequel scenes and their importance in writing. Learn how to improve your scenes and writing by reading this chapter. Action Scene An action scene is where stuff happens. It consists mostly of dialogue and character...

Quoting a book within your own writing isn’t as hard to do as some writers may think, and it’s essential to maintain your integrity and reputation as a good writer. There are a number of ways to quote someone else’s work in your own writing, and there are various style guides already in existence that...