Destage dramatic action that slows your story

If your story seems to be moving slowly, you may need to destage some of the action.A term borrowed from theater and coined by CSFW’s Steve Popkes, destaging occurs when the author moves what has b…

inventingrealityediting.com

Use link shorteners for tidier promotions

When promoting your books, of course you want to include links to your website, blog and various social media platforms. Sometimes – such as with a paperback – you have to write out those link…

inventingrealityediting.com

5 Motivational Tips for Aspiring Authors

Sometimes writing gets frustrating and you just want to quit, especially if you’re a new writer. Here are five motivational articles and tips to get you going again:• Don’t let personal…

inventingrealityediting.com

Coming-of-age novels follow character arc

Among the most popular genres today is the coming-of-age story. Tales in this genre focus on the protagonist’s psychological and moral growth from youth to adulthood. This can run the gamut fr…

inventingrealityediting.com

Indie writers also can use depreciation on taxes

When you start or operate a business, you almost certainly will have to acquire equipment and other property. Even for indie authors who have very few business items – such as a desk and a computer…

inventingrealityediting.com

5 Sci-Fi Writing Prompts Based on Novums

Science fiction stories typically arise from a novum, a scientifically plausible concept that is a “reality” in the tale. The novum might be an mechanical device like robot servants, arti…

inventingrealityediting.com

Professional Book Editor in Inland Empire, California

Affordable Book Editing | Novels | Nonfiction

inventingrealityediting.com

Writers Write for the Same Reasons Readers Read

Since the beginning of recorded history, people used stories to make sense of all that is. Ancient myths and epics often “explained” how something in nature originated or how to handle moral dilemm…

inventingrealityediting.com

Get a hashtag for your book to generate sales

Especially if you have a series of books, you should create a hashtag for them. Doing so is a great way to increase your number of followers, which leads to increased book sales. Hashtags are easy …

inventingrealityediting.com

Five Great Quotations about Writer’s Block

“‘Writer’s block’ is just a fancy way of saying ‘I don’t feel like doing any work today.’” – Meagan Spooner“I’ve always said ‘Writer’s Block’ is a myth. There is no such thing as writer’…

inventingrealityediting.com

About

My name is Rob Bignell. I’m a long-time professional editor who owns and runs Inventing Reality Editing Service. I’ve helped more than 400 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publish…

inventingrealityediting.com

Write yourself out of a nightmare

Among the most frightening aspects of a nightmare – whether in sleep or metaphorically in real life – is that there seems to be no escape. The phantom gives constant chase, the terror remains unrel…

inventingrealityediting.com

12 tips for revising your own manuscript

During the process of writing your novel or nonfiction book, you’ll probably spend a lot of time revising the manuscript. Catching every error in one reading is unlikely, but you can reduce th…

inventingrealityediting.com

Writers can choose between bookkeeping systems

When writers run a small business centered on their books, they need to spend some time handling the accounting. When doing so, they can choose between one of the two bookkeeping systems – sin…

inventingrealityediting.com

Craft powerful story by paying attention to milieu

While thinking of the elements of a story in terms of plot, setting, character, point of view, and theme is extremely useful, sometimes novice writers don’t recognize that each is much more co…

inventingrealityediting.com

Ways to end a story that’ll make readers happy

For readers, the ending of a story offers closure – and more than just literally coming to its last word. They’ve been on a journey with a character who they became emotionally invested in. A good …

inventingrealityediting.com

6 Social Media Strategies to Sell More Books

• Which social media is best to promote your book?Rather than rely solely on traditional media, such as newspapers and television, writers today have to get the word out about their book utilizing …

inventingrealityediting.com

All too often wrong: ‘Alot’ vs. A lot vs. Allot

A lot of people really mess up these three words. In fact, I’m surprised that they’ve not used up the world’s allotment of allowable mistakes for this trio.A lot is not a word. It actually is two w…

inventingrealityediting.com

Avoid using tropes in your story

Sometimes our writing feels stale, even though we’ve used active voice, written crisp sentences, and developed a well-structured plot with a main character who grows. But if you sense that you’ve h…

inventingrealityediting.com

5 Tips to Motivate and Reassure Writers

• Trigger your creativity• Stories drive a civilization to its heights• Knead a troubled mind to peace by writing• Write yourself out of a nightmare• Writing: A journey tow…

inventingrealityediting.com

How to Determine Your Ebook’s Price

Among the big decisions you’ll make when publishing your ebook (and your paperback, for that matter) is what price to charge. If priced too high, you’ll decrease your sales to zero. If priced too l…

inventingrealityediting.com

Five Great Quotes: Writing – Talent or Hard Work?

“Writing starts with living.” – L.L. Barkat“If you want to write, you can. Fear stops most people from writing, not lack of talent, whatever that is.” – Richard Rhodes“We have a strange…

inventingrealityediting.com