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Writing Mistakes I Learned the Hard Way

January 23, 2019 Dave's CornerLeave a comment

Hi all! I’ve been browsing through the writing questions and query critiques for a while now (first as a lurker and then as an active participant) and I’ve come to realize that there are a few commonalities that I experienced as a new writer myself and have taken years (4.5 …

Nine Writing Errors that Cause Convoluted writing

April 20, 2018 Dave's CornerLeave a comment

This is copied from a post in the /r/writing subreddit over at Reddit. All credit to the author /u/publishwide. I was inspired by u/CancerDuck868‘s post here, and I thought I’d add something that I’ve learned over the years vis-a-vis avoiding overwriting. NB: This list isn’t the end-all, be-all of overwriting errors. But these are among …