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Real Rules For Real Writers

January 10, 2020 Mathias Leave a comment

Ok, I admit it … I’m horrible at keeping this site up to date! If only I spent as much time creating content here as I do for other people!

So, to start off 2020 I want to talk about “rules” for writers. Seems like a lot of self-important people have them. Filled will all sorts of obscene absolutes that really don’t make much sense except to come off as pompus. So, without further ado, I thought I’d give you my less stodgy list of writing “rules”.

Enjoy!

  • If you think what you’ve written is great, it’s probably rubbish.  But if you think what you’ve written is rubbish, then it is possibly passable.
  • If you haven’t edited your story half a dozen times (or more), it probably isn’t done yet.

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Categories: Form and Style, General Things, The Writing Process

Words of the Day: Apse & Donjon

October 21, 2012 Mathias Leave a comment

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Pronunciation: \ˈaps\
Function: noun
Etymology: Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin apsis, from Latin Date: 1822
1 : APSIS
2 : a projecting part of a building (as a church) that is usually semicircular in plan and vaulted
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Categories: Form and Style, General Things Tags: 14th Century, Aps, Apsis, Inner Tower, Latin Medieval, Medieval Castle, Medieval Latin, Middle English, Noun, Pronunciation

Another Word For A Short Space Of Time …

August 8, 2012 Mathias Leave a comment

Instead of saying “a moment”, to denote  a short space of time, how about and interstice

(noun) \in-ˈtər-stəs\ Read more…

Categories: Form and Style, Writing Style Tags: Break, Dictionary, Gap, Interstice, Joyce Carol Oates, Literary Merit, Lt, Merriam Webster, Noun, Passages, Short Space
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