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Ernest Hemingway was a famous minimalist in his writing—he knew that clean sentences convey info, action and emotions to readers. Writing Tip for Today: Here are some tips for writing clean sentences: Need to Know Every sentence you write must communicate some kind of information. Whether you’re describing, showing action or developing your characters, you […]
Avoid Laughable Gestures Last post we discussed the need for originality and character-depth when writing a character’s physical gestures. With all the bad news and anxiety, I thought it would be fun to examine some of fiction’s most laughable (and troublesome) gestures. Writing Tip for Today: While we all want our readers to experience a […]
My son Chris in the tree. When I draft my writing, I pay no attention to prepositions–words that help us place things spatially. Of, to, for, from, about, under, over are examples of prepositions, although there are many more. When we link them with nouns (persons places or things), a prepositional phrase is created.Writing Tip […]