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Vonda McIntyre

  • id101has quotedlast year
    s long. The people of Le Havre pressed close on either side, cheering their King and his court,
  • Dida Nadiahas quotedlast year
    Calling all who adore the sublime made actual, and all who revere those among us who are reaching beyond the comfort of assumption and habit to find new delights: Here is a set of shoulders we can stand on.
  • Dida Nadiahas quotedlast year
    But don’t let all this relevance scare you.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    Useful technique: It’s easier to describe something if it’s broken. If something is broken, then you notice it. If it’s working right, it just sits there being invisible doing its job. Not to be overused!
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    Pitfall #1: The Expository Lump
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    are weasel words that allow you to evade the responsibility of being precise.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    It’s Almost Writing,
    or,
    Half Baked Weasels
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    Their use will drain the life from your prose. “Some kind of” has recently joined the infamous company of weasel words.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    tries and fails to conceal a lack of intensity, style, substance, or all those qualities, in your prose.
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