Activity for Magnus Smithâ€
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edit | Post #11257 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #1773 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Question | — |
Is it legal to share an index you made from someone else's book? There are some books published without a back-of-book index, which I feel is a dreadful shame. As part of my research I decided to create an index of one such book. Doing so is legal for my own use, and would be illegal (I guess) if I tried to sell copies...but what if I shared the new index on a web... (more) |
— | about 10 years ago |
| Question | — |
Finding before/after examples where writing has been improved, to learn from I'd like to see a series of example paragraphs, showing before/after a rewrite, to give me specific examples of how writing can be improved. Is there anywhere that shows such things? I once read the biography of James Herriot, where they showed part of the first story he ever wrote, and you could se... (more) |
— | almost 14 years ago |