Activity for Adrian McCarthyâ€
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #26033 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #21012 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #1777 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
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A: How do you mix dialogue with actions of a character? Mark Baker has a great answer if the simultaneous action and dialogue is a one-time thing, which I assume is the case here. But if a character has a persistent tic interwoven with their dialogue, you might need to develop a shortcut so the reader "knows" when the tic happens without explicitly writi... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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A: How do I incorporate Vocabulary in my writing that I already know? I'm going to try the practice-practice-practice answer, but what has been helping me up until now is editing. Go ahead and write the first draft with whatever words come to mind. Don't let searching for the right phrase interrupt your creative flow. As you re-read your draft, take note of where - ... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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A: Finding before/after examples where writing has been improved, to learn from Several blogs demonstrate before/after (or at least detailed line-edits on early drafts). - Evil Editor often does it for query letters. - Edittorrent covers all sorts of topics, and the archives have lots of before/after examples. - Miss Snark no longer blogs, but her archives have many good exampl... (more) |
— | almost 14 years ago |