Joy Sephton
10 things to look for in a beta reader
You can download a printable pdf, below. You should find someone who: is open about which genres they work with and which they don’t. is...
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Joy Sephton
- Jul 7
- 2 min
Head-hopping: why not?
Head-hopping is a writing technique in which the point of view, or POV, switches too rapidly between different characters, is not...
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Joy Sephton
- Jun 6
- 1 min
Adjectives - what you never knew you knew
From The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase by Mark Forsyth (2013) Tweeted by Matt Anderson in 2016; adapted...
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Joy Sephton
- May 6
- 4 min
Top 20 famous rejected authors - to fire you up
There are tons of articles on the web that discuss this, but, in those dark moments, I find it’s always an inspiring topic to come back...
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Joy Sephton
- Apr 8
- 1 min
The "it's" or "its" dilemma
Never fear; it's all a lot simpler than it seems! It's = it is / it has The apostrophe always shows that a letter is missing; in this...
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Joy Sephton
- Mar 7
- 4 min
Hyphens, em dashes, en dashes, and ellipses explained
Hyphens To start with: Hyphens are not dashes—dashes are longer. Hyphens should never have spaces next to them. Got that? Hyphens connect...
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Joy Sephton
- Jan 6
- 1 min
Okay, OK, O.K. or ok?
This post examines the US and British English versions of the terms. To start with, OK is, strictly speaking, no longer considered an...
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Joy Sephton
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
Abbreviating 'United States of America'
U.S.A. or USA? U.S. or US? And everything in between? This is a guide. Please do not sue me if your English teacher / editor /...
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