Tag: writing
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Is it Okay to Break the “Rules of Grammar”?
“Rules are meant to be broken.” The person who makes that statement usually intends to break some rules or has already done so. But rules, in whatever context they occur, were created for a purpose and breaking them will likely carry consequences that the rulebreaker may regret. The same holds true with the rules of…
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Beta Readers Offer Helpful Revisions
Beta readers play a key role in the writing-publishing process. As their name suggests, they aren’t the first ones to see a draft manuscript. Alpha readers see the first draft as it is being written and offer feedback on clarity, character development, and plot continuity, and how the composition reads as a whole. Beta readers…
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Poems by Linda
Ever since I took up writing as a serious hobby some 20 years ago, I have devoted far more time and effort to prose than poetry. But that doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy poetry. Many poems, especially those written by the romantics, can stir my emotions and send my thoughts soaring back into a blissful…