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Category: Writing tips

Chapters and scenes

January 17, 2020 cheryl

I loved this simple advice read on a blog recently – here I’ve summarised the key points: Start with ACTION…

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Reading your MS out loud

December 14, 2019 cheryl

I’m currently devouring Renni Brown and Dave King’s book on self-editing where it suggests reading your work out loud. I…

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Verbal tics and ‘weasel’ words in writing

November 29, 2019 cheryl 2 Comments

I think of ‘weasel’ words as a subset of verbal tics, so I’ll start with the bigger picture. Verbal tics…

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An excellent place to start – Stephen King

October 16, 2019 cheryl

I’m into the last few pages of Stephen King’s On Writing and wondering why I hadn’t read it before –…

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