Non-fiction Book Editing: 4 Key Principles to Clean the Word Clutter Posted...
Book editing can be a grueling, boring process. If you are not used to critiquing your own work, then you may pass over errors without realizing it. Editing is important to produce quality work....
View ArticleHow to Write a Novel in 30 Days Posted By : John Halasz
It may seem impossible to write a novel in 30 days but that is not the case. In order for you to complete your novel within this time there are 2 main tips to keep in mind. Below is information on how...
View ArticleHow to Write a Novel Fast - Character Idiosyncrasies Posted By : John Halasz
The creation of a character for your novel is one of the most important parts of preparing for the actual writing of your novel. The characters in your novel have a great deal to do with the success of...
View ArticleHow to Write a Novel Fast - Using a Digital Recorder to Record Ideas Posted...
It is a rule in life that doing anything when inspired is a lot easier than on those dull days. The same rule applies to writing. If you have ever attempted to write a novel before, you may have...
View ArticleHow to Write a Horror Novel - Writing Horror Posted By : John Halasz
If you are wondering how to write a horror novel you have probably read a horror novel before and it appealed to you. Writing a horror novel can be very challenging. The essence of any horror novel is...
View ArticleBook Editing Services Posted By : John Halasz
Writing a book is a huge undertaking that will dominate your life and make you feel like you do nothing but translate the thoughts swirling around your brain into words on the page. If you're thinking...
View ArticleShort Summary of To Kill a Mockingbird Posted By : John Halasz
School is back in session. Jem and Scout find themselves walking past Boo Radley's house again. They feel a little older and no longer feel frightened by the mere mention or sight of the house. Jem is...
View ArticleTo Kill a Mockingbird Plot Summary Posted By : John Halasz
To summarize, the plot includes the adults deciding that Dill will stay at his Aunt Rachel after one week. He now becomes Scout and Jems next-door neighbor. The children are happy with the decision....
View ArticleTo Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Summary - Chapter 18 Posted By : John Halasz
The next person for cross-examination is Mayella Ewell whom to the Ewell's standards is a clean 19-year-old girl. Atticus starts the questions and efficiently proves many holes in her testimony. The...
View ArticleTo Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Summary - Chapter 27 Posted By : John Halasz
Bob Ewell lands a job at the WPA, which is a depression job program. He loses the job a few days after he works on it and blames Atticus for the event. This happens in the mid October. At same time,...
View ArticleSummary of To Kill a Mockingbird Posted By : John Halasz
For the first time in Maycomb's history, the town experiences the coldest winter since 1885. The light snowfall makes the school decide to close for a few days, which is a very rare incident that can...
View ArticleTo Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Summary - Chapter 4 Posted By : John Halasz
Scout soon realizes that she is a lot smarter than her classmates are and believes she is better educated than her teacher is. She finds the art projects, consists mainly of crayons and construction...
View ArticleTo Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Summary - Chapter 3 Posted By : John Halasz
Scout begins to think that her strained relationship with the teacher is Walter Cunningham's fault. She wastes no time in getting payback and starts tormenting the boy, rubbing his nose in the dirt at...
View ArticleTo Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Summary - Chapter 2 Posted By : John Halasz
This is Scout's first year in school. She has been awaiting this event, but it did not take her long to discover that school does not interest her at all. She was excited to learn at school but lost...
View ArticleTo Kill a Mockingbird Short Summary - Chapter 7 Posted By : John Halasz
Jem does not discuss the incident of that night for the whole week. His silence makes Scout wondering about the night's incident. School starts again and Scout discovers the second year is more...
View ArticleTo Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Summary - Chapter 6 Posted By : John Halasz
The children came to conceive the biggest plot for Boo. They decide to go to one of Boo's windows and look inside, despite Atticus's instructions not to do so. Scout tries to stop them from doing it....
View ArticleTo Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Summary - Chapter 1 Posted By : John Halasz
To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic novel by Harper Lee. In chapter 1, Scout Finch, the six-year-old girl narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird, lives during the 1930's near downtown in Maycomb, a small...
View ArticleTo Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Summary - Chapter 17 Posted By : John Halasz
Judge Taylor presides during the court case and during the first witness interrogation, Atticus finds many holes in the testimony that Tom actually raped Mayella. The sheriff was the first person...
View ArticleTo Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Summary - Chapter 23 Posted By : John Halasz
Bob Ewell's threat to Atticus worries everyone except Atticus himself. Bob threatens to get back at Atticus for the embarrassment he received during the hearing. Atticus shrugs his shoulders and tells...
View ArticleSummary of to Kill a Mockingbird - Chapter 14 Posted By : John Halasz
Jem and Scout become the town's object for staring and whispering people as the trial of the black man Tom Robinson moves on and their father Atticus is his legal defense representative. Scout attempts...
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