Sentences – Part 2
Clause – contains both a subject and a verb. Fred lost his keys. Is a clause, since it contains the subject noun, Fred, and the verb, lost. Phrase – contains no subject or…
superfluous words
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Sentences – Part 1
If we break a book down into its constituent parts, starting with the smallest part, we get the following: words – sentences – paragraphs – scenes – chapters In the last blog, we…
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Show VS Tell in Writing Your Book
One of the surest ways to liven up your story is to look for passages where you’ve told when you could have shown. Consider the following: Sally looked at her daughter’s growing belly…
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Overwriting With Too Many Unnecessary and Unneeded Superfluous Words
For those of you who didn’t notice, (and I hope most of you noticed), only one or two of those words were necessary to properly and clearly convey the topic of my discussion….
