Your reader will stop reading your essay, article, or book if your sentences don’t flow. These tips are basic skills for good writing; they’ll reduce choppiness and increase your chances of hooking your reader ‘til the very end!
Before the tips, a quip:
“Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence,” says author Barbara Tuchman. [...]

These tips for writing great conclusions are from one of my regular guest bloggers, Susan Johnston of the Urban Muse. Keep these ways to end your essays, articles, chapters, or blog posts at your fingertips – they’ll come in handy!
Before her tips, a quip:
“There are no dull subjects,” said H.L. Mencken. “There are only dull [...]

Before you submit your sample chapters to publishers, check out these tips — they’ll help you succeed (they certainly couldn’t hurt!). I rounded up these tips because my agent recently told me that a publisher wants three sample chapters of See Jane Soar. I want these chapters to hook me a book contract! So, here I learn…
Before the tips, [...]

Successful writers need their own voice and style – because brilliant ideas alone don’t a solid writing career make! These five tips for developing your writer’s voice will improve your writing skills and increase your confidence.
Lately I’ve been obsessed with voice because I think that’s why my agent hasn’t scored me a book contract yet. My ideas [...]

These ”chick lit writing tips” will improve the writing skills of any writer in any genre. The tips are from a book about writing chick lit, which I was reluctant to read (I thought it’d be too floofy for successful writers). But, the authors of this chick lit book — See Jane Write — discuss the serious side [...]

Making your writing edgy and quirky will make your manuscript, sample chapters, or articles come alive! Writing in an edgy and quirky manner will help bring your manuscript, book proposal, or article pitch to the top of editors’ and publishers’ slush piles.
Before the tips, a quip:
“During the decades that I served as an editor and publisher, what drew my attention [...]

Revising and editing your writing may be more important than writing in the first place! (almost). These tips for editing and revising your article or book manuscript apply to all types of writing: magazine feature articles, short stories, chapters, novels, scripts, essays, and even songs. 
Before the tips, a writing quip from Annie Proulx, author of The Shipping News: 
“The [...]

How can you tell if your writing is improving? Sometimes you’re so enmeshed in your writing, you can’t tell if you’ve improved, gotten worse, or are treading water! So, here’s a list of qualities of excellent writing, to help you measure your progress. 
Before the tips, a quip: 
“Advice to young writers?” says Doris Lessing. “Always the same advice: [...]