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Nothing makes your characters pop off the page like well chosen phrases in their dialog. Have her use specific, well[…]
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Nothing makes your characters pop off the page like well chosen phrases in their dialog. Have her use specific, well[…]
Read moreIs the road to hell really paved with adverbs? Heavens! None of us wants to commit a mortal writing sin, and so new writers are advised to ruthlessly cut them out of our writing. Your writing will always be stronger without them, we’re told. But is this advice always true?
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Read moreWe’re writers and readers so of course we love words. Maybe too much sometimes? I remember a New Yorker cartoon[…]
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