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Things Should Not Always Be THINGS
My Wednesday's Writing Tip... How many "things'" are in your sentences? Not things, but the actual word "things." Probably more than you think. To be more succinct in your writing, how about just naming what those things are? Example #1: Old sentence: There were...
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My Wednesday's Writing Tip When using the word "it" in a sentence, most times you should reiterate what "it" is for the reader. Use the FIND function in your word doc and see how many "its" you really have--usually too many. With some of them, go ahead and name...
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Happy 103rd birthday to Beverly Cleary, best selling author with some 90 million+ books sold! Wow! I want to be like her when I grow up! Here's how I relate an important stage in my daughter's life to Cleary's legacy of these types of children's...
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