Everybody has a different style of reviewing, rewriting, editing and checking out their own work, but sometimes I just find it shocking at the number of errors in written work (particularly, my own). After I’d taken a piece to the Reed Castle and bribed Mr. George with thick layers of chocolate cake and he still [...]
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Revisit the Review & Editing Departments, Please
June 4th, 2009 – No Comments
Tags: Critique Groups · Editors · Reviewers · Tips · Writers Groups · critiques · motivation
Does Sentence Structure Matter?
November 26th, 2008 – 1 Comment
Today I discussed writing with a writer friend who said she wasn’t writing for her English teacher. We were talking about John Gresham and his writing style. What a page turner! I’ve read through several of his books and interestingly enough, the bad grammar has never even slowed me down. I love his books. Now, [...]
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Writing Features – Critiquing Groups Effectively Improve Writing Results
May 12th, 2008 – 3 Comments
Words converge on the paper, I can’t imagine not writing. The alternative isn’t acceptable. I believe writing is not only therapeutic, but required in my life. Even when I’m not sitting at the computer, or in front of a pad of paper, I’m thinking about words. I’m putting words together in sentences and spewing them [...]
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