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Overcoming Your Fear: Just Write
Does that title annoy you? If it were only that simple, right? Some writers become paralyzed by the blank page. They have a plot and subplot lines, characters’ voices, and amazing new worlds swirling in their heads. But when putting pencil to paper (or fingers to keyboard), fear takes over and shuts them down. For
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Semicolons
What Is a Semicolon? Semicolons (;) are as basic as a period stacked on top of a comma. Does that mean you can use it like either one? Don’t get your hopes up. But don’t let this punctuation mark get you down, either. After all, that sly emoticon winky eye can’t be all bad. 😉 How to
How to Identify and Cut Your Story’s Filler
Have you ever read a novel that was far too indulgent for its own good? Perhaps the plot dragged on and on or the prose meandered or the author spent a highly unnecessary amount of time on world-building or the color of their characters’ hair. Maybe you weren’t exactly sure where the author went wrong,
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