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Collen Young
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A Medley of Editors: Types and The Order of Play

A Quick Primer on What Editors Do

5 min readJan 19, 2021

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A Medley of Editors: Types and The Order of Play

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Collen Young
in
Ghostly Written

Do I REALLY Need a Beta Reader?

Short Answer? Yes. Several.

3 min readJan 15, 2021

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Do I REALLY Need a Beta Reader?

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Collen Young

For The Next Lockdown, Please, Don’t Try to Monetize Your Hobbies

Hustle Culture is Going to Kill You if The Plague Doesn’t

6 min readNov 19, 2020

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For The Next Lockdown, Please, Don’t Try to Monetize Your Hobbies

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Collen Young
in
Ghostly Written

Why You Might Be Writing in the Wrong Point of View

Exploring the Strengths of Perspective

6 min readSep 4, 2020

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Why You Might Be Writing in the Wrong Point of View

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Collen Young
in
Ghostly Written

Your First Query is Going to Get Rejected; That’s Okay

Publishing is a Matter of Perseverance

3 min readAug 26, 2020

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Your First Query is Going to Get Rejected; That’s Okay

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Collen Young
in
Ghostly Written

Ghostly Grammar: Comma Splices and How to Avoid Them

The easiest way to get on your editor’s bad side

4 min readAug 21, 2020

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Ghostly Grammar: Comma Splices and How to Avoid Them

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Collen Young
in
Ghostly Written

To Plot, or Pants?

Exploring the Main Two Types of Writers

5 min readAug 19, 2020

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To Plot, or Pants?

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Collen Young
in
Ghostly Written

How Keep Writing, Even When You Don’t Feel Like it

“You’ll go broke waiting for the muse to fly down and sit on your shoulder.”

6 min readAug 17, 2020

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How Keep Writing, Even When You Don’t Feel Like it

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Collen Young
in
Ghostly Written

Ghostly Grammar: How to Actually Use Semicolons

Like a period, but precocious!

6 min readAug 16, 2020

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Ghostly Grammar: How to Actually Use Semicolons

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Collen Young
in
Ghostly Written

Five Reasons Your Novel’s Word Count is So Low

Why you might be finishing short

6 min readAug 15, 2020

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Five Reasons Your Novel’s Word Count is So Low

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Collen Young

Collen Young

I usually write about books, grammar, and discourse. I’m also an editor, so feel free to reach out if you’d like to work with me. Linktr.ee/ghostlywritten

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