Activity for James Axsom
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #38709 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #21859 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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A: Should I avoid "big words" when writing to a younger audience? Klippy, your intuition is correct. Your audience comes first. It’s the reason why you write the book. It doesn’t matter who else reads it, its only important that it pleases your audience. A pleased audience then tells others about your book via word of mouth (i.e. those outside of your audience). Y... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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A: "Am I mixing my tenses?" She asked, scratching her head The short answer, which Termite Society stated is correct. A motivation for doing so is to show some sort parallelism or simultaneous actions. In my opinion, fiction writers should focus on cause and effect as opposed to events taking place at the same time. Using your sample text: She asked and ... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |