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: Self Editing tips/tricks I write a daily piece and have been doing so for over 8 years. I think my writing has gotten better, but I still find mistakes at times, or more likely, my readers

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: Where can I find a good vocabulary list? I'd like to expand my vocabulary and already do several of the things recommended in the Tips for expanding my vocabulary question. In addition to

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: Feedback on technical blog post I've recently composed a blog post about World of Warcraft Authenticators and would love for some feedback as per the quality of writing. Obviously no matter how

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: Using the real world in writing To what extent can you use locations, businesses, etc. from the real world in fiction? I know someone cannot copyright a city, but what about a particular location

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: When should I use passive voice? Is there ever a good time to use passive voice in nonfiction?

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: What's a clear way to simulate web text in a story? My novel includes excerpts of things like text from websites, tweets, and internet chats. I'm using Courier for the main novel font. Does

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: I think a main feature to action is suspense; so, you can let the reader/viewer know what's happening, but almost hold back in a certain way. Thus, during the down fall, you can expand on

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: How could I share my lyrics? I've been writing lyrics for quite sometime now (at-least five years). Although there have been several of those moments when I've thought I'd have an act for music

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: If by indirect narration you mean indirect speech, yes, I believe it is a style of third person narration. e.g. He said he would of course help. You also get free indirect speech, which

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: Plagiarism vs. reference? I just finished reading the annotated edition of Lolita, and Nabokov hid references to other works of literature everywhere. Lately I've also been considering ways to

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: What's the modern way to handle gender in tech writing? Back in my day, I was taught to use masculine pronouns. The user chooses a password, and then he types it in the text box.

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: Example of a fictional story without any characters (the story being 1000+ words) Guessing that there is no such example, but if there is, I'm very interested in knowing about it. Just as a

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: Questions related to the Modern Language Association (MLA) writing and formatting style

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: Is there a typical structure for non-fiction popular science books? If so, what is it? Is there an accepted or suggested structure for writing non-fiction (specifically, popular science) books?

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: What can I write to improve reader participation at this blog? I work for a costume company that has a company blog intended to inspire costuming and general ideas. We focus on Halloween

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: Email templates I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but here goes - I often find myself writing out emails that follow similar themes e.g. I've read through a document and

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: Here's a suggestion inspired by computer science, where businesses, people and all kinds of other stuff can be simply generalised as entities. All characters and other entities appearing

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: Can writers do without it? Yes, since Cormac McCarthy has demonstrated that. The real question is: "Should writers do without it?". The answer to that will be one of opinion, depending on

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: What are the advantages to setting a word limit for a short story? In the past when I've written short stories, I've found that setting a word limit tends to make my writing more focused

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: Self-contained software environment for authoring research papers Does a self-contained environment for authoring research papers exist? Clearly, the concept might be a little unclear, so here's an

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: Self Editing tips/tricks I write a daily piece and have been doing so for over 8 years. I think my writing has gotten better, but I still find mistakes at times, or more likely, my readers

: Where can I find a good vocabulary list? I'd like to expand my vocabulary and already do several of the things recommended in the Tips for expanding my vocabulary question. In addition to

: Feedback on technical blog post I've recently composed a blog post about World of Warcraft Authenticators and would love for some feedback as per the quality of writing. Obviously no matter how

: Using the real world in writing To what extent can you use locations, businesses, etc. from the real world in fiction? I know someone cannot copyright a city, but what about a particular location

: When should I use passive voice? Is there ever a good time to use passive voice in nonfiction?

: What's a clear way to simulate web text in a story? My novel includes excerpts of things like text from websites, tweets, and internet chats. I'm using Courier for the main novel font. Does

: I think a main feature to action is suspense; so, you can let the reader/viewer know what's happening, but almost hold back in a certain way. Thus, during the down fall, you can expand on

: How could I share my lyrics? I've been writing lyrics for quite sometime now (at-least five years). Although there have been several of those moments when I've thought I'd have an act for music

: If by indirect narration you mean indirect speech, yes, I believe it is a style of third person narration. e.g. He said he would of course help. You also get free indirect speech, which

: Plagiarism vs. reference? I just finished reading the annotated edition of Lolita, and Nabokov hid references to other works of literature everywhere. Lately I've also been considering ways to

: What's the modern way to handle gender in tech writing? Back in my day, I was taught to use masculine pronouns. The user chooses a password, and then he types it in the text box.

: Example of a fictional story without any characters (the story being 1000+ words) Guessing that there is no such example, but if there is, I'm very interested in knowing about it. Just as a

: Questions related to the Modern Language Association (MLA) writing and formatting style

: Is there a typical structure for non-fiction popular science books? If so, what is it? Is there an accepted or suggested structure for writing non-fiction (specifically, popular science) books?

: What can I write to improve reader participation at this blog? I work for a costume company that has a company blog intended to inspire costuming and general ideas. We focus on Halloween

: Email templates I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but here goes - I often find myself writing out emails that follow similar themes e.g. I've read through a document and

: Here's a suggestion inspired by computer science, where businesses, people and all kinds of other stuff can be simply generalised as entities. All characters and other entities appearing

: Can writers do without it? Yes, since Cormac McCarthy has demonstrated that. The real question is: "Should writers do without it?". The answer to that will be one of opinion, depending on

: What are the advantages to setting a word limit for a short story? In the past when I've written short stories, I've found that setting a word limit tends to make my writing more focused

: Self-contained software environment for authoring research papers Does a self-contained environment for authoring research papers exist? Clearly, the concept might be a little unclear, so here's an

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