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Capitalisation of character nicknames

www.editorial.ie Posted on February 1, 2023 by richard_adminFebruary 2, 2023

What are the rules about capitalisation? You’ve written a novel in which one of the characters is generally known by a nickname, rather than any normal given name. Perhaps it’s a female character who manufactures love potions, and she’s known … Read More

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Hyphens, dashes – which do I use?

www.editorial.ie Posted on February 5, 2018 by richard_adminFebruary 5, 2018

Must dash! Before I became an editor, I had only vaguely noticed that some dashes were longer than others. I thought it was perhaps a particular type of font, or just that some publishers liked longer lines and some liked … Read More

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Filter words

www.editorial.ie Posted on February 12, 2017 by richard_adminFebruary 12, 2017

The topic of filter words came up in conversation with an author recently. What are filter words? Are they a bad thing? Point of View It’s a question of Point of View (PoV). Modern writers are generally encouraged to write … Read More

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Point of view – POV

www.editorial.ie Posted on March 11, 2016 by richard_adminMarch 11, 2016

One of the issues that comes up most frequently when I’m looking at fiction is point of view, or POV. I’m going to go through in some detail about each different POV and its characteristics in future posts, when perhaps … Read More

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Apostrophe – catastrophe!

www.editorial.ie Posted on February 5, 2016 by richard_adminFebruary 5, 2016

Apostrophes. Why do so many people get this particular little punctuation mark wrong? We’ve all passed the market stall with “5 banana’s for a £”. Left is one of the ways you can permanently display your ignorance about the correct … Read More

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