Category Archives: Description
The Power Of Prose – More About Description
According to writing instructor Sol Stein in Stein On Writing, editors report that they principally reject manuscripts because there is too much static description or too much told action. Continue reading
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Word Discrimination, Part 2
Like adverbs, adjectives receive a fair amount of discrimination from writing instructors. Sol Stein, author of Stein On Writing, has a great deal to say on the subject. In fact, he created a little writing math formula for adjectives: one … Continue reading
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Word Discrimination, Part 1
Are some words better than others? Are certain parts of speech to be shelved, or even banned from our writing? You’d think so based on some of the most highly recommended writing instruction books available. Not too long ago, an … Continue reading
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