Fiction Writing Site
	Lisa Binion BellaOnline's Fiction Writing Editor

Active voice, passive voice, and stative sentences
One of the easiest ways to check and improve your writing in the editing phase is to target passive and stative sentences and convert them to active sentences where possible. Active voice moves the story along and allows for "showing", while passive voice forces a "telling" style.

Critiquing your own manuscript
Self-critiquing is a very valuable skill to develop. However it's also very difficult to think neutrally about something you've written yourself. Thankfully, critical reading, even of your own work, can improve with practice.

First Five Pages Workshop
Free 10-week workshop in self-editing of fiction, based on Noah Lukeman's bestseller, The First Five Pages.

Helpful Tips for Rewriting
For some writers, rewriting can be a dreaded process. Nothing like the rush of creativity that comes with writing the first draft, rewriting can feel more like, well, work. Here is some useful and practical advice for making it easier and more effective.

Tips for proofreading your manuscript
Proofreading goes hand in hand with the editing phase of creating your manuscript. Here are some simple tricks for carefully proofreading shorter works, and advice on tackling the proofreading of longer novel-length manuscripts.