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Is It Really Fat, What They Tell You to Cut?
I clicked on somebody’s link on Twitter and found an interesting tool: The Wasteline Test assesses whether your writing is ‘flabby’ or ‘fit’. The test works by counting percentages of words in five...
View ArticleFending Off Overwhelm
The revising is not going well. There are big problems, little problems, sentence problems, paragraph problems, plot problems, character problems. I’m not even to the point of following the tentacles...
View ArticleTake a Deep Breath . . . Now Hit “Send”
Posting today at the Pop Culture Divas. You know when you’re ready. Share on Tumblr
View ArticleApostrophes and Dates
No. Really, no, for all the usual reasons. Apostrophes denote dropped letters or possessive, so you don’t need one before that s in constructions like “the music of the 1940s.” You could argue about...
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