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Two Cents with Lint: April 2014
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Two Cents with Lint. Saturday, April 26, 2014. For me, “WWE Religious Smackdown” comes to mind.). Unfortunately, when writers choose to congregate, many zealots of composition decide to leave such etiquette at the door, and it turns into a literary slugfest faster than you can say “Once upon a time.” There are countless overbearing perpetrators, but let’s discuss the “writer religions” with the most ardent followers. Have you ever had anyone harp on your adverb usage to excess? Distant cousins to the Abv...
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Two Cents with Lint: Beware of Drifting
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Two Cents with Lint. Thursday, May 29, 2014. For readers just like them, and they are amazed when they don’t score so well. You can only get better at focusing when reading by focusing when reading. 8221; or “So was he. Drifting also rears its ugly head in conversations. Here, drifters can’t really listen as well as they should because they’re too busy thinking about what they want to say as soon as the speaker takes a breath. We’ve heard of it before. It’s a common th...Interesting enough, drifting whil...
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Baldwin Memorable Moments: May 2014
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Friday, May 16, 2014. Some of the teenagers on my block, the ones kids like Lamar and I looked up to, heard the commotion as well. They started filing out of houses, which seemed to make the bully nervous because he took off on his bike, pedaling the way everyone does whenever a mean dog jumps a fence that has a “Beware of Dog” sign. I joined the dozen or so teenagers as they huddled around Lamar. 8220;Lamar, what happened! 8220;He probably went home,” I offered. 8220;You know where he lives? After we wa...
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Tips to Treasure: Writing Tips for Writers: April 2014
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Tips to Treasure: Writing Tips for Writers. Thursday, April 10, 2014. Tip for Writers #1. Develop a great idea. This advice is for anyone looking to publish and. The first thing you may notice is that instead of answering the question, many writers ignore it entirely and start telling you what happens in their books, sometimes scene by scene. Depending on their enthusiasm, you may want to make yourself more comfortable. For the writers who do. 8220;It’s filled with excitement! They start writing their be...
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Tips to Treasure: Writing Tips for Writers: Tip for Writers #2
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Tips to Treasure: Writing Tips for Writers. Thursday, May 15, 2014. Tip for Writers #2. Test your professional editor. I’ve learned the hard way that not all editors are created equally. Some are brilliant at finding grammatical errors and nothing more. Others can help you with pacing while missing split infinitives left and right. An editor can impress you after finding fifty-six errors in your first chapter, leaving the other twenty-two errors for your readers to find. Edward M. Baldwin.
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Two Cents with Lint: May 2014
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Two Cents with Lint. Thursday, May 29, 2014. For readers just like them, and they are amazed when they don’t score so well. You can only get better at focusing when reading by focusing when reading. 8221; or “So was he. Drifting also rears its ugly head in conversations. Here, drifters can’t really listen as well as they should because they’re too busy thinking about what they want to say as soon as the speaker takes a breath. We’ve heard of it before. It’s a common th...Interesting enough, drifting whil...
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Baldwin Memorable Moments: April 2014
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Saturday, April 19, 2014. The day I decided to take tennis seriously was a day when tennis was the last thing on my mind. Liz and I enjoy taking our children to playgrounds, and we’re always on the hunt for one we haven’t visited. One steaming summer in. Liz announced that she had found a new playground, and she assured me that even I would love it. “There’s plenty of shade,” she said. 8221; I hate playgrounds built in the middle of what used to be a baseball field, no trees in sight. He didn’t hes...