By default, Chrome lets you know when it thinks you’ve made a spelling mistake by marking the offending word with a squiggly red underline. And you can use Grammarly to check for basic grammatical errors in addition to spelling gaffes. A free account will show you “critical” issues and alert you to the presence of…
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15 Simple Writing Resolutions You Can Keep EVERY DAY in the New Year
Read More Fiction Other than, you know, writing your butt off, the best way to improve your prose is to read … a lot. Many writers fall into the trap of thinking they’re too busy with their own writing to do much reading, but that is a mistake. You will never reach your potential as…
31 Horrifying Writing Prompts to Help You Scare the Bejesus Out of Yourself This Halloween
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] You wake up on Halloween morning to a nasty surprise—an early snow has dumped 2 inches of the white stuff. Even nastier? There is a set of footprints leading up your driveway and into your house. You live alone. Your wife wakes you up in the middle of the night…
15 Ways to Use Your Day Job to Make You a Better Writer
The typical writer’s dream is to quit his day job and write from his home office for a few hours every day while selling enough books to support his family. No more stress, no more commute, no more worries beyond hammering out the next story. Just pure art and plenty of time for the important things…