How to Keep Readers Reading with Story Tension
Dramatic questions create external and internal story tension. Create a protagonist who confronts both to keep readers turning pages.
View Article7 Self-Publishing Traps that Keep New Authors from Success
7 traps that keep new authors from book publishing success. From pre-publishing errors, to book listing oversights, to author online presence, here's how to avoid common mistakes.
View ArticleGarbage Sorting for Writers: From Yucky First Draft to a Manuscript Worth...
Just finished writing your novel? It's time to take out the trash, but not before seeing what you can salvage. Sorting and re-sorting (i.e. assessing and revising) are what will turn your yucky first...
View ArticleInfographic: Do Your Grandparents Read More Than You?
Reading books is an important part of life for many people. But have you wondered whether younger people are reading less than older age groups? What other differences are there in reading habits...
View ArticleWebinar Replay: Academic Writing and Publishing for Graduate Students and...
Are you a grad thinking about submitting work to academic journals? It can be a daunting process if you're not used to it. On August 20, the ProWritingAid community joined Dr, Lindy Ledohowski as she...
View ArticleIt's Finally Here! The ProWritingAid Word Add-In For Mac
Mac users, it's finally here. The ProWritingAid Word Add-In is coming to Mac. In this article, find out how the add-in will work and how you could become one of the first in the ProWritingAid community...
View ArticleDo You Need to Build Your Author Platform Before You Write Your Book?
Having an author platform will get you nowhere if you don't have an actual book to promote. Here's how to build a platform without sacrificing your writing time.
View ArticleIs Campfire Pro The Writing App For You?
Campfire Pro is one of the newest novel planning and worldbuilding apps on the market. Check out our review of this program to find out if it's worth buying.
View ArticleLGBTQ Books You Should Add To Your Reading List
What are the best LGBTQ books ever written? Here's our definitive top 25 list.
View ArticleHave Your Say: Suggest New ProWritingAid Features
Our users are at the heart of everything we do here at ProWritingAid. If there's a feature you think ProWritingAid should have, we want to hear about it. Find out about our new user suggestion system...
View Article7 Essential Tools for Editors and Writers
Whether you are a content marketer, author or blogger, it’s important to carefully plan out the content on your website. Here are 7 tools that will increase productivity and help organize your content.
View ArticleProWritingAid's Combo Report and Style Guides: What's The Difference?
ProWritingAid has customizable reports that help you find any manner of technical or stylistic gaffes in your work. Besides the 20+ reports that help you polish your work, you can use the Style Guides...
View ArticleFinally Write Your Dream Book With The 100 Day Book Program
Writing a book is hard. Starting to write a book is even harder. The 100 Day Book Program is here to help you finally write the book you've always dreamed of.
View ArticleHow to Learn Storytelling from Stand-Up Comedians
Stand-up comedy is a great American institution – and you may not realize it, but it's also a great source of expert storytellers. Let's take a look at a few of the best comedians of all time and how...
View Article6 Modelled Writing Strategies for Your Classroom
Don't expect your students to automatically know what good writing looks like. Find out how modelled writing can help them see exactly what you want with this essential teacher's guide.
View Article3 Steps to Writing an Awesome Thesis Statement
Your thesis statement is one of the most important parts of your essay, but it doesn't have to be daunting. Here are three easy steps for crafting a fantastic thesis statement.
View Article3 Fun Ways to Outline Your Novel
Bored of bullet points? Here are 3 more interesting ways to outline your novel. Whether you prefer pen and paper or a screen, you'll find a method that suits your writing style.
View ArticleWebinar: How to Use ProWritingAid to Empower Your Students to Love Writing
As teachers, we've all had dreams of teaching a class full of writing enthusiasts come the start of the new school year. Sometimes, though, we hit a few more roadblocks than we might have hoped. In...
View ArticleWebinar: 5 Ways to Use ProWritingAid to Make Your Essay More Effective
Are your instructors always giving you the same feedback on your essays? On September 28, we'll show you how you can use a free ProWritingAid account to cut out unnecessary fluff from your essays to...
View ArticleHow to Check Your Grammar with ProWritingAid
ProWritingAid's Grammar Check is like the spelling and grammar checkers in a word processor - but with superpowers. As well as highlighting misspelled words and missing punctuation, it also looks at...
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