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11. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided. 12. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is. 13. Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors. 14....
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21. Don’t verb nouns. 22. Don’t use no double negatives. 23. Make each pronoun agree with their antecedent. 24. When dangling, watch your participles. 25. Don’t use commas, which aren’t necessary. 26....
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Robert Heinlein, 1907 – 1988 Robert Heinlein was an American science fiction writer known as the Dean of Science Fiction Writers, a member of the Big Three of Science Fiction, and one of the most...
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John Steinbeck, 1902 – 1968 John Steinbeck was an American writer best known for his novels The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, and Of Mice and Men (1937). He is an author of novels, non-fiction, and...
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Zadie Smith, 1975 Zadie Smith is a British author of novel, short stories, and non-fiction essays. Her best known novels are White Teeth, and On Beauty. Zadie Smith’s Rules from:...
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1. Take a pencil to write with on aeroplanes. Pens leak. But if the pencil breaks, you can’t sharpen it on the plane, because you can’t take knives with you. Therefore: take two pencils. 2. If both...
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Henry Miller, 1891 – 1980 Henry Valentine Miller was an American writer known for abandoning standard literary forms and creating his own form, fiction yet a crossover of many non-fiction styles. His...
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Charles Dickens, 1812 – 1870 Dickens was an English writer of the Victorian era. He is best known as the author of the classic Christmas tale, A Christmas Carol. He is also author of classics, The...
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Happy Holidays From Karen & My Kindle Guy What Author’s have to say about Christmas: “There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.” Erma Bombeck Author,...
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I resolve to … 1. Make time for writing. 2. Embrace my personal writing style. 3. Self-edit as I write. [For me personally, I resolve to do less self-editing.] 4. Step outside my comfort zone....
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