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Creative Fiction Writing Workshop: Starting Your Story

How do I get started writing my story? Where do I get ideas for my creative fiction writing? Get ideas from virtually any common, ordinary situation. Get out of your house to see real people and the real world and ideas will come from the most rando...

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Creative Fiction Writing Workshop: Starting Your Story

Creative fiction writing workshops are essential for any aspiring writer who wants to hone their craft and perfect their writing skills. These workshops are a great way to learn new techniques and perspectives, in addition to providing the necessary ...

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Break it up, Break it Down: Paragraphing Strategies for College Essays

Some of us fill a page with a wall of words, with no paragraph indentations, no transitions, and no clearly defined topic sentences. Some of us have the appropriate indentations, but within each paragraph our sentences are out of order. Francis Chris...

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The Fear of Punctuation

The Fear of PunctuationBy Jane StrausIf you have a sentence followed by a list, do you use a semicolon or a colon? The answer: That depends…Did you introduce the list with an introductory word such as such as? Did you have a complete sentence befor...

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Ten Quick Tips for Inexperienced Writers

Ten Quick Tips for Inexperienced Writers by: V. Berba Velasco Jr., Ph.D. One of the biggest problems that inexperienced writers have is simply knowing how to get started. If you’ve unsure of your writing skills, then here are some quick tips t...

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Break it up, Break it Down: Paragraphing Strategies for College Essays

As students begin to tackle college-level writing assignments, paragraphing becomes an essential skill to master. Good paragraphing creates a clear and logical structure that guides the reader through your essay, making it easier to follow and unders...

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5 Steps to Organized Writing

5 Steps to Organized Writing by: Lorraine Curry After your children are writing sentences, teach them about paragraphs. Paragraphs are the key to organized writing. Each paragraph should contain one main idea or thought, and a topic sentence tha...

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Strengthen Your Writing: Delete Unnecessary Words

The Greek word pleonasm is the use of unnecessary words. Pleonastic words are unnecessary words. Strunk and White are the first pleonists that we know. Their small text outlines the basic elements in writing. Have you read Strunk and White's "E...

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Transition Sentences - What They Are, and How to Make Them

Transition sentences are a little tricky to master, but once you learn the "trick", your problems will be over. Transition sentences are the bridge that connects one paragraph to another in a smooth and orderly fashion so that your reader won't ...

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You Can Write Ezine Articles If You Can Write Three Sentences

You say you can't write. You're afraid you don't havethe savvy to put your thoughts into written words.I want to ease those fears by showing you a way toovercome that hurdle and start your writing career today. Bear with me as I demons...

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