Deadly Don’t #7 ~ Telling vs. Showing [Fiction]
This writing advice is so common it’s become a cliché, but I’m no longer surprised to discover that many people don’t know the difference...
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Deadly Don’t #3 ~ Adjective/Adverb Overload
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Deadly Don’t #2 ~ Weak Verbs
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What if I told you seven simple things you can do to improve your writing technique, to bump it to the level professionals strive for—and...
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If Writing Were Baking…
If you were a baker, across three decades of baking you’d have seen a lot of crescent rolls, right? You’d know the recipe so well you...
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