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Paying close attention to verbs can enliven writing. Writer and editor Constance Hale explains the vex, hex, smash and smooch of language’s punchiest words.
By Elfrieda Abbe
Published:
12/20/2012
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Edgar Allan Poe speaks to writers about preplanning your work, knowing the ending, concentrating on a single effect, and showing discipline and character
By B.K. Stevens
Published:
9/20/2012
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These time-saving strategies will help you manage your workload, minus the frazzle
By Kelly James-Enger
Published:
6/25/2012
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Want to learn some ways to strengthen, energize, clarify and trim your works? Here are a few tricks of the trade from a Writer editor
By Ronald Kovach
Published:
6/12/2012
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Here are some tips on how to use one skillfully—and when not to use one at all
By Bharti Kirchner
Published:
5/7/2012
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By Roy Sorrels
Published:
5/7/2012
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An experienced writer of short fiction offers a broad range of entry points that can get you started
By Quinn Dalton
Published:
4/25/2012
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If you need to compress your fiction, consider the information that is truly needed—or not needed
By Gene Stewart
Published:
4/11/2012
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A veteran television writer tells how he did just that for an episode of The Wonder Years
By Sy Rosen
Published:
3/27/2012
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There’s nothing like a ‘There is’ phrase to suck the energy out of a sentence
By David Galef
Published:
2/24/2012
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A wordsmith offers some modern rules to live by for one of grammar's knotty questions
By Arthur Plotnik
Published:
9/26/2011
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In experiencing difficulties, we may open ourselves up to our best, most compassionate work
By Luke Reynolds
Published:
8/9/2011
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An Emmy Award-winning cameraman and director turned award-winning novelist offers wise thoughts on keeping a fresh eye for small details
By Thomas Kaufman
Published:
6/15/2011
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Roy Peter Clark, the man who's been teaching great writers how to write for more than three decades, aims to set you free, not slap your hands over a grammar mistake
By Chuck Leddy
Published:
5/11/2011
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Hearing your words is a great way to detect awkward phrasing and rhythm, bad pacing, and more
By Randall Silvis
Published:
5/10/2011
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A writer who's been there offers some tips and key questions to ask yourself at the start
By Mary E. DeMuth
Published:
5/3/2011
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A connoisseur of fine writing describes the small, subtle techniques that can add music, color and grace to your words.
By Janet Tarasovic
Published:
3/25/2011
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Here's one author's suggestion for a process to improve your nonfiction
By Ashley Shelby
Published:
2/10/2011
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How can you put online networks to use without creating a monster that consumes your writing time? We survey six writers for effective goals and strategies
By Elfrieda Abbe
Published:
2/8/2011
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One writer finds humor in another's praise for wordy prose
By Cindy O. Herman
Published:
9/15/2010
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