Introduction, Preface, Author's Note, or Foreword: Which One(s) Should Your Book Have?
This question has come up repeatedly this week, so I wanted to take a few minutes to address the topic in a short blog post today! The...
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Amma Twum-Baah
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Sharing My Most Trusted Writing and Editing Resources
Every serious editor (and writer) should have a Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and a copy of the most up-to-date Chicago Manual of Style on...
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N. Amma Twum-Baah
- May 3, 2022
- 1 min
How Copy Editing Can Improve Your Content
Copyediting focuses on all of those in addition to checking for grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.
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N. Amma Twum-Baah
- May 3, 2022
- 1 min
How Does Line Editing Improve Your Book?
The main goal of a line edit is to make sure that your words flow into beautiful sentences that flow into exquisite paragraphs...
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N. Amma Twum-Baah
- May 3, 2022
- 1 min
How to Elevate Your Work Through Developmental Editing
Developmental editing is the most detailed, comprehensive, and thoughtful editing package offered by Amma Edits.
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N. Amma Twum-Baah
- May 3, 2022
- 1 min
What is a First Chapter Critique?
This service is offered to help an author figure out if they'll successfully hook their readers in the first few pages of their novel.
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N. Amma Twum-Baah
- Nov 8, 2021
- 3 min
5 Ways to Prepare for Your Editing Journey
Hello Writer, You've spent days and nights working tirelessly on your manuscript, and now you're nearing the end of your first draft and...
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N. Amma Twum-Baah
- Nov 3, 2021
- 3 min
Book Editing in a Nutshell.
A developmental editor can help you in ways that will cut down on your frustrations and your moments of doubt and fear...
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Amma Twum-Baah
- Oct 8, 2021
- 5 min
10 Tips on How to Properly Format Your Manuscript
Editors love authors who submit a properly formatted manuscript because 1) it makes their work a little easier, 2) they can focus on the...
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N. Amma Twum-Baah
- Oct 7, 2021
- 3 min
What is Copy Editing?
What is Copy Editing? Copy editing is another critical component when it comes to improving an author’s work. Every stage of the editing...
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N. Amma Twum-Baah
- Jul 26, 2021
- 4 min
What is Line Editing?
What is Line Editing? Line editing is critical to improving an author’s work and is designed to elevate said work. While a developmental...
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N. Amma Twum-Baah
- Jul 8, 2021
- 4 min
What is Developmental Editing?
What is Developmental Editing? Developmental editing is a critical phase in the editing of an author’s work designed to elevate said...
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N. Amma Twum-Baah
- Apr 28, 2021
- 2 min
Awaken Your Writing This Spring: 5 Tips to Take Your Novel from Dull to Alive!
Finding a good book is like finding an imaginary friend from a faraway land where the streets are made of gold and the houses made of...
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N. Amma Twum-Baah
- Feb 15, 2021
- 2 min
How to Find and Work with Beta Readers
You've just finished self-editing your manuscript and you believe you're ready for the next step, professional editing. But before you...
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N. Amma Twum-Baah
- Jan 11, 2021
- 3 min
3 Writing Mistakes and How to Fix Them Before You Publish
There are writing errors hidden within the pages of your manuscript that often take the eye of a professional to weed out, but there are...
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Amma Twum-Baah
- Jan 2, 2021
- 2 min
Is Your Manuscript Ready for Editing?
You have toiled day and night working on your story and have finally arrived at a point where you feel ready to contact an editor. But is...
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Cyndi Grace
- Dec 30, 2020
- 2 min
3 Tips for Writing During Anxious Times
The year 2020 was an abnormal year for certain. Our lives as we knew it before have forever been changed by what is now considered normal...
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Sola Writing
- Aug 19, 2020
- 2 min
Your Writing Journey Is Like a Garden
We can look at our writing journey the way we see the plants in our garden.
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N. Amma Twum-Baah
- Aug 18, 2020
- 2 min
Motherhood and Writing: It's All About the Lack of Sleep
If you love your sleep, you will find it very difficult to be a mother who writes.
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N. Amma Twum-Baah
- Jul 10, 2020
- 2 min
3 Ways to Practice Effective Writing Habits
As a mother who writes and edits, I can assure you that being a mother who writes is doable. Some of the famous writers we love are mothers.
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