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? Writing Links Round Up 7/11 – B. Shaun Smith — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 19:14:03 +0000

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By: Virginia Nygard

Virginia Nygard — Fri, 06 May 2022 17:29:49 +0000

Duchenne Smile reads like purple prose! 🙂 I quit halfway through.

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By: Robynn Gabel

Robynn Gabel — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 02:35:04 +0000

This is one of my favorite blogs. Love your humor, insight, instruction and information. Has helped me tremendously in my writing. My editor has patiently noted when I get on repeat word kicks. A word will stick in my head and before I know it I have used it several times in one paragraph. Using the word search option in Word helps tremendously. Thank you for the reminder.

By: Fenraven

Fenraven — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 14:09:51 +0000

In reply to rachel thompson. I see this all the time as an editor. They write the book and think they're finished. The editor gets a rough draft and often spends way too much time fixing basics when they should be addressing deeper issues.

By: rachel thompson

rachel thompson — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 14:01:12 +0000

Good one. One way to pad that can make a short MS better are subplots. I also spot weasel words a lot. Some new writers I know confuse their style with bad prose. That may be a good subject for you to share with us. Good style, to me, is done best when the less-is-more idea employed. I think people really fail in line editing. Every word and every line needs careful consideration and it seems people run out of energy for that. Making every word count is a big job.

By: Kristen Lamb

Kristen Lamb — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 14:20:05 +0000

In reply to Angel Payne. You are very welcome! Thanks for taking the time to tell me. I appreciate it.

By: Ross Lampert

Ross Lampert — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 03:11:13 +0000

In reply to Kristen Lamb. Happy to provide it. Hope it helps your other readers.

By: Kristen Lamb

Kristen Lamb — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 00:42:46 +0000

In reply to dave94015. And, technically, in non-fiction, what you are talking about wouldn't, per se, be considered padding. What I was referring to were sections one could cleanly cut from the book and still be coherent. NF is an essay format. You give a thesis statement then write examples to support/disprove a contention.

By: Kristen Lamb

Kristen Lamb — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 00:40:54 +0000

In reply to dave94015. Well, I am guilty. My blogs could be A LOT shorter, but very often I give examples. A lot of what you can learn you can glean from reading the main headers and lead in sentences. Everything in between is usually application.