Blogs about: Writing Mechanics
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Speaking of Homophones
Find sample blogs on a gazillion topics at Alpha Inventions Sidebar: Sound-Alikes Charlie Chan I read this afternoon — in a novel, by a usually careful or at least painstakingly edited author (Nora Ro… more →
Write Light
Repetitive Scenes
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SaintAsh wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been playing around with scene composition lately. The chapters for Gemini City alternate … more →
I Got a Boob Job!
virtualpaige wrote 2 months ago: I can’t believe I said that, but it’s true… sort of. I walked into this intimate … more →
Speaking of Homophones
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almarose wrote 4 months ago: Find sample blogs on a gazillion topics at Alpha Inventions Sidebar: Sound-Alikes Charlie Chan I rea … more →
Scaffolding
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Alex Masterson wrote 5 months ago: Three cheers for iRepo! A badass little program that managed to retrieve most of my lost playlists f … more →
Showing and Telling
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SaintAsh wrote 6 months ago: I’ve ranted about the “Show, don’t tell” rule a few times before, but this i … more →
The write way
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stevenhartwriter wrote 6 months ago: The professionals who talk shop on the Writing Excuses podcast skew toward the fantasy end of the sp … more →
On Critique
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SaintAsh wrote 6 months ago: Critiques are a painful part of a writer’s life. Let’s face it, few people like being told their sto … more →
Flights of Fancy
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SaintAsh wrote 7 months ago: You know what I’d like to see more of in fantasy? Playfulness. For a genre that’s built … more →
Craft Assessment
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SaintAsh wrote 8 months ago: Man, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged about writing, hasn’t it? Mainly because … more →
Understanding
nickoomba wrote 1 year ago: I think I understand something. Way back in… August? I did a post complaining about how colleg … more →
Sidebar: Pore Me
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almarose wrote 1 year ago: Pore Me Homophones are words that sound alike but that have different meanings and origins — poor, p … more →
Sidebar: Face of America?
almarose wrote 1 year ago: Vitriol in Print Senator John McCain I searched the Internet for metaphorical characterizations of p … more →
Sidebar: Crisis? What Crisis?
almarose wrote 1 year ago: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. -Franklin Delano Roosevelt Winston Churchill, Frankli … more →
Academic Writing: How to Teach Mechanics
englishwithjennifer wrote 1 year ago: (Continued from previous posting, “Academic Writing: When to Teach Mechanics”) Structure … more →
Academic Writing: When to Teach Mechanics
englishwithjennifer wrote 1 year ago: Just as a conversation class shouldn’t be nonstop group discussion, writing class shouldn’t be nonst … more →
Sidebar: Profanity Revisited
almarose wrote 1 year ago: Fact-oid Sergeant Joe Friday (Jack Webb): "Just the Facts, Ma'am" On June 10, I wrote … more →
Sidebar
almarose wrote 1 year ago: Metaphors Can Cause Headaches Joseph R. Biden, Jr. I read this morning that Barack Obama had named S … more →
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almarose wrote 1 year ago: Bugged I can live with sloppy grammar—sometimes. Regionalisms and colloquialisms don’t bother … more →
Tapping Your Troubles Away
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almarose wrote 1 year ago: EFT: The Possibilities Are Acronymical An acronym is a pronounceable abbreviation consisting of init … more →
