Have you ever found yourself reading along in a novel, and realize you don’t know who’s telling this part of the story? Wait a minute, you think. I …
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The Rules of Writing Part 4: Tightening Your Prose
Now this one seems self-explanatory, doesn’t it? No one wants to be seen as a wordy writer. But often I see prose that just drowns under a sea of …
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Rules of Writing, Part Two: Does Show Don’t Tell Matter, and Why?
Boy, do I hear a lot of grumbling over this one! In online writers’ groups and the Twittersphere and all over social media, the “in vogue” response to this is …
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