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Monthly Archives: September 2010
10 Guaranteed Ways to Alienate Your Reader
Here is a list of errors—or perpetrations, if you’d rather—guaranteed to cut away a significant portion of your reading audience. 1. Center every line in your prose story. 2. Capitalize Every Damn Word In Each Sentence. What’s That About, Anyway? … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Shout-Outs!, Support for Writers
Tagged Comma, Punctuation, Question mark, Reading, Semicolon, Style Guides, Writers Resources
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Raconteur: Word of the Day
Raconteur, n. A person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly. Samuel Clemens was considered both a writer and a man who could deliver stories before a group, a true raconteur. How will you use raconteur in a sentence … Continue reading
Posted in Quote, Somebody Asked Me, Support for Writers, Vocabulary
Tagged Diction, Grammar, Raconteur, Use in a sentence, Vocabulary
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A Real Editor is Hard to Find
As a writer for any length of time, when showing your work around to people, you will have noticed a couple of interesting phenomena. 1. Everybody you show your work to knows that they, too, could write, if they only … Continue reading
Posted in Networking, Somebody Asked Me, Support for Writers
Tagged Coaching, FAQs Help and Tutorials, Writers Resources
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Importune: Word of the Day
Importune, v. To press or urge with frequent persistence. Twelve-year-old Janey took every opportunity to importune her mother about attending the concert. How will you use importune in a sentence today?
Posted in Somebody Asked Me, Support for Writers, Vocabulary
Tagged Diction, Grammar, Importune, Use in a sentence, Vocabulary
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How to Create a Main Character For Your Next Novel
One of the most challenging things to do when beginning a novel project is the creating of your main character. Actually, the creation of all of your main-line characters should be done with care, but the “lead” in your story needs… … Continue reading
How (and Why) to Create Your Writer's Network
Everybody is talking about networks. Work networks. Social networks. Blogging networks It seems you can put just about any word in front of “networks” and you’re off to the races. Interestingly enough, we all pretty much agree that networking is … Continue reading
Posted in Somebody Asked Me, Support for Writers
Tagged Blog, Organizations, Social network, Writers Resources, Writing
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Cognate: Word of the Day
Cognate, adj. Allied or similar in nature or quality. Certain languages, French and Spanish, for instance, or Laotian and Thai, are considered cognates of each other. How will you use cognate in a sentence today?
Posted in Somebody Asked Me, Support for Writers, Vocabulary
Tagged Cognate, Diction, Grammar, Use in a sentence, Vocabulary
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How to Get Ready For NaNoWriMo
Yes, friends, NaNoWriMo is right around the corner. It is just a bit over a month away as of today. People ask, “can I work on my current novel for NaNoWriMo?” Of course the answer is nobody looks over … Continue reading
The Daily "Huh?" – Unspelled
Image: Guilty as Charged Unspelled Nobody does it better, and nothing stays the same, no one knows how to stop it; and nothing stays the change.
A Musical Note: Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man
We’ve heard from Donovan before on our Musical Note segment. Today I want to get into what was perhaps Donovan Leitch’s most “hard rock” (and psychedelic) song, “Hurdy Gurdy Man”. The song was written and recorded in 1968. Take a listen. I think you’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged Donovan, Hurdy gurdy, Hurdy Gurdy Man, Music, Musical note
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