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Get active to improve your writing.
“Reduced to its essence, a good English sentence is a statement that an agent (the subject of the sentence) performed an action (the verb) upon something (the object).” — John Ciardi, American poet and writing teacher “Those of us lucky … Continue reading
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Tagged "to be" verb forms, active verbs, active voice, jack hart, john ciardi, passive voice
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The 'nut' of the matter.
If, threatened with waterboarding, I were forced to choose the biggest writing problem I see, it would be the nut graf. It’s talked about a lot in Craft classes but I still find myself questioning students about why their stories … Continue reading
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Tagged active verbs, Add new tag, nut graf, story arc, storytelling quotes
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The details of good writing.
We constantly stress the need to capture as much telling detail as possible in your reporting. The more specific the details, the better your writing will be, transporting your reader inside the scene or action. Mathew Warren did that splendidly … Continue reading
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Tagged active verbs, powerful details, telling detail, thrill of breaking news, wee willie keeler
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