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Get Rid of Repetition: Pleonasms in Your Writing — A Writer’s Path

Originally posted on WILDsound Writing Festival:
by Suzanne Purkins Did you know that when you use more words than necessary to express something (like blowing windor frozen ice), you are committing a pleonasm, which is the fancy Greek way of saying you’re being redundant? Redundancy in writing sounds like a simple thing to spot—and sometimes…

Cooperation vs Competition: Interacting With Other Authors — A Writer’s Path

Originally posted on WILDsound Writing Festival:
by Doug Lewars My experience with authors is that they’re a pretty supportive lot. This is not always the case. I remember reading comments in a group by one author who refused to have much to do with others. Her argument was that her time was limited and spending…