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Day 28 – Revise Any Misused Words and Awkward Phrasing

Posted on by March 30, 2015
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This is the continued saga of my foray into Janice Hardy’s Revise Your Novel in 31 Days at-home workshop (blog.janicehardy.com). Today I am going to focus on misused words and awkward phrases. Some commonly misused words are who/that, few/less, farther/further, which/that, and … Continue reading →

Is That What You Wrote? That’s Not What I Read.

Posted on by May 13, 2014
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I once critiqued part of a story for an English professor. I told her I could really “see” the character as a scornful, snobby woman. She was shocked. That was not who her character was. One of the goals of … Continue reading →