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- March 2009 (12)
- 29: Understanding Narrative Mode (3)
- 19: Make your writing flow like a good album (38)
- 18: Hyphenating adjectives (2)
- 17: Write naked (3)
- 13: Conflict and character (3)
- 12: Appositives attract (4)
- 11: After the critique: hardcore revision (0)
- 09: 7 software programs and services for writing (6)
- 06: How to write about real people without getting sued (0)
- 05: Ellipsis - No, not the dots (0)
- 04: The power of peer criticism (2)
- 02: How do you keep your readers reading? (3)
- February 2009 (13)
- 26: Interview with Kenn Amdahl, self-publisher - part 3 (0)
- 25: Interview with Kenn Amdahl, self-publisher - part 2 (3)
- 24: Interview with Kenn Amdahl, self-publisher - part 1 (2)
- 23: Want to write a better blog? Stop trusting Google (0)
- 20: The Power of Archetypal Characters (0)
- 18: The 7 worst ways to start your novel (7)
- 16: The 4 most destructive writing rules (11)
- 13: What’s a foil? (1)
- 11: Idioms and colloquialisms (2)
- 09: How The New Yorker broke my heart (9)
- 06: 5 Reasons to Outline Your Fiction Writing (4)
- 05: Review: Grammar Done Right (4)
- 02: Reader survey (1)
- January 2009 (10)
- 30: 5 common Americanisms and their origins (0)
- 29: Who did it to whom? (6)
- 27: Our philosophy of grammar (3)
- 16: Guest post: The power of language and how to hone it (8)
- 15: What copyeditors are and aren’t (6)
- 13: Comprise, compose—who knows the difference? (0)
- 09: The infuriating rules of title capitalization (4)
- 08: Less is more, or is it fewer? (12)
- 05: Farther down the further path (0)
- 01: 17 No. 1 writing tips for the new year (14)
- December 2008 (9)
- 31: 10 most popular writing tips of 2008 (2)
- 26: The most important question your writing must answer (3)
- 23: I vs. me (2)
- 19: The power of research: Interview with Mike Nichols (3)
- 17: Adverb abuse and how to avoid it (6)
- 12: The debate between prescriptivists and descriptivists (2)
- 10: That’s not a word! (4)
- 05: Incorporating imagery in your fiction writing (3)
- 03: The 8 parts of speech (1)
- November 2008 (6)
- 28: Ten homophones that will ruin your life (0)
- 26: Free your mind with FreeMind (5)
- 21: Top 5 grammar myths (5)
- 19: Transitive verbs, weasels, and you (7)
- 14: The case against passive voice (2)
- 12: 6 ways e-mail can get you fired (5)
- October 2008 (10)
- 31: To boldly go where no English teacher has gone before — splitting infinitives (1)
- 29: You can say that again: Periphrasing (2)
- 24: 100 jump-starters to cure your writer’s block (3)
- 22: Standing on the shoulders of giants: using quotes (0)
- 17: He said, she said: Dealing with quotes (1)
- 15: Ellipses (2)
- 10: How to overcome writer’s block (1)
- 09: Will you still love me tomorrow? — Revising
- 03: How to write a résumé, Part 3: Writing a cover letter (2)
- 01: How to write a résumé, Part 2: Making your résumé shine (2)
- September 2008 (9)
- 26: How to write a résumé, Part 1: Types of résumés (3)
- 24: Colon: The unfortunately named mark
- 19: That which doesn’t restrict you makes you non-essential
- 16: Are your headlines costing you readers? (2)
- 12: Semicolon: The forgotten mark (1)
- 10: 16 words and phrases to omit for more concise writing (5)
- 05: 593 words you’re probably misspelling (3)
- 03: Is the CDC singular? and other questions (0)
- 01: Basics of AP style (0)
- August 2008 (11)
- 27: How to write a press release
- 25: Verbal Phrases (0)
- 22: Dependent clauses and how to punctuate them.
- 20: Building blocks - Clauses and Phrases
- 18: Em Dash - Getting horizonal (9)
- 15: En Dash – What, you’ve never heard of it? (1)
- 13: The Hyphen – How to use it and why
- 07: Common Comma Catastrophes
- 06: Serial Killers: The truth about the Oxford comma (0)
- 04: What’s up, shorty? - Acronyms and Abbreviations (1)
- 01: 12 plural compounds you’re probably getting wrong (0)
- July 2008 (11)
- 30: Say what? How poor word choice can kill your sex life
- 28: Comma comma comma chameleon (3)
- 25: They’re, their… your not alone. These words are easily confused. (0)
- 23: Can’t get there from here - Transitions (0)
- 21: Why can’t we all just get along? Subject-verb agreement (0)
- 18: Top 20 clichés to avoid in your writing
- 16: Avoid clichés like the plague (2)
- 14: Passively active: Word order and what it can do for you
- 11: 10 Ways to Lose Your Credibility (0)
- 09: Intro to Introductions
- 07: Misplaced Modifiers (1)
