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Why Do We Write?

Yelling on Paper H. L. Mencken referred to a writer as an individual “in whom the normal vanity of all men is so vastly exaggerated that he finds it a sheer impossibility to hold it in. His overpowering impulse is … Continue reading

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“Stop Repeating; It’s Redundant,” She Said Again

Avoiding the Redundancy Trap Okay, so the title is overkill. But hopefully it grabbed your attention. How easy it is for a careless writer to slip into the redundancy trap. “Writing is clear thinking on paper.” The above saying was … Continue reading

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