"Done is better than perfect" is one of my favorite mantras because nothing you write will ever be perfect. And that's okay.

Proofreading is a technical term that means the final stage of editing, the step right before the book gets published.

Brenna Davies is a full-time book book editor who lives in Alberta, Canada. She is a copy editor and beta reader for Dot and Dash.

I’m opening up membership to my private writing group on Facebook! Until today, I kept the Dot and Dash Writing Community only for book-editing and author-co...

So how do you make vivid characters? One way is by creating a character profile. Check out our free worksheet.

We want to help you find the perfect conference to go to this year, so we made THE ULTIMATE LIST OF WRITING CONFERENCES!

Here are the steps to take before you send your manuscript sample.

A book editor explains how to avoid the top 10 manuscript mistakes new writers make.

Here are five things authors can do to ensure their book's self-publishing success.

Writing shorter stories like flash fiction can be more helpful to you as an author because they make you flex different writing muscles.

If you want to be a writer, the most important step is actually to, you know, sit down to write.

There are a lot of reasons to do National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), but there are a lot of reasons not to do it, as well.

It’s good to know just what you’re signing up for so you can prepare and make sure doing NaNoWriMo is the right decision for you this year.

You can finish in time, with a solid first draft, if you spend the time now preparing.

Here are 4 brainstorming strategies to help you choose your book’s subject.

Writing a short, nonfiction book (a "business-card book") will help you weather the looming economic downturn. Here are 9 reasons why.

People can get confused when publishing industry folks throw around the term “literary fiction.” Unfortunately, the definition is frustratin

We’re discussing story lengths, from micro-fiction to novels and up, and the best way to market your story based on word count.

It’s not okay to call a woman a “girl” in most cases when writing fiction (and, you know, in life in general)

When writing fiction, it’s important to have a clear picture of what your characters look like.