Tag: writing
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Get more words written: habits and tips for productivity
Well, the long awaited third installment of the ‘get more words written‘ gang lies before you, eager to do as its brethren have done and provide an account of writing advice deciphered in order to be of more use to the modern writer. Just like the last iteration of this series, every single person is…
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Fictional creatures in literature: dragons
Dragons, a longstanding ferocious creature dominating the pages of many literary greats, have had an interesting and storied past (get it?) in their presence within stories, books and poems. In other forms of media, there are some common themes but a variety of different ways in which they act, look, breathe flame – and so…
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Personable perspectives: point of view
Those of you die-hard Impers (fan club name suggestions welcomed!) will have seen a previous article on language conventions where we briefly touched on the topic of point of view. In this article, we’ll be going over first, second, third and all other peoples with a fine tooth comb, working out the specifics, rules and…
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Common grammar mistakes
Hey, we’ve all been there – ‘fellowing up’ on an email only to realise an embarrassing formatting error, or skimming an online article and having a cheeky smug moment at spotting an incorrectly spelt word. Just me then? There are so many different, often conflicting rules of language that are just waiting to trip up…
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References or ‘dating’ a work
Every generation to ever exist has fallen foul of outdated references – a quip that was played to raucous applause on television now getting a groan, a funny name for an everyday object having people confused rather than chortling, or some other example of ‘kids these days’ being ‘too cool for school’. I’m going to…
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Why did my writing get rejected?
We’ve previously covered how to deal with rejections from publishers, but addressing the reasoning behind rejected work can help you address the issues and give it another round of editing before slinging it out back into the world, where hopefully it’ll land this time! The writing process (and the rejection process) will look different for…
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