Interactive eBooks: Passing trend or a Long-term Wave?
Remember The Daily Prophet? True Harry Potter fans will surely remember the interactive newspaper from the fiction world. Us muggles in the real world are on the path to far exceed the make-believe and innovate creative mediums of consuming books. This is an exciting time…
Short stories: Do’s and don’ts
Where else does the phrase “Less is more” fit more perfectly than in relation to short stories? Well, hundreds of other contexts in the modern world, yes. But the origins of the phrase can be drawn back to the golden era (mid-nineteenth century until 1917)…
This Is How Citations Are Done In APA Dissertations And Theses
You’ve put in endless hours for your Dissertations and Theses (abiding the APA format) to bear fruit. You stayed up nights to put in all the efforts. You do all this because it all boils down to this – your final dissertation. You have to…
Perils of Plagiarism : How to avoid them in your dissertation and thesis?
Deadlines are a dreaded thing, and so is plagiarism. If you’re short on time or were late to start your dissertation or thesis, you’d hope the submission day would never arrive. And days pass by as they should, they seem to pass faster as your…
The Last Minute Checklist For Your Dissertation Submission!
“Quick, tell me what date is it?” It’s dissertation season, and if you’ve typed ‘What are some last minute things I need to look for in my dissertation?’ into Google, odds are your thesis submission is lurking right around the corner. We’ve all heard those…
Editing Test: Why Humans Are Better Editors Than Online Software Systems
We’ve taken all those who claim to be amazing grammar and spell checkers (bot AND human) to put them to the ultimate editing test! Are online editing software really better than human editors? Let’s find out. The importance of error-free content shouldn’t…
5 Screenplay Editing Tips That Will Transform Your Story
Think you have the screenplay to the next Oscar winning film? Think again. If this is the first draft of your screenplay, it could always do with further refining. Daunting as the process might seem, it’s all about the final product. Filmmakers out there are…
It’s All About Loving Your Literature Review
What’s the biggest challenge involved in writing your review of literature? Writing it. However, the review of literature is the foundation of your entire thesis, and goes beyond being a simple summary, holding a far more critical aspect. Ideally, your review of literature is a…
Editing and Proofreading Fiction vs Non-Fiction: The difference
We’ve spoken at great length about the differences between editing and proofreading, the different types of editing itself as well as the importance of it all. Now to tackle yet another difference, let us take a look at why editing non-fiction is very different from…