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AT JUST CAN’T HELP WRITING THIS WEEK!
COMMA POWER! Commas control sentence rhythm. Here’s how!
And a bonus: Don’t always cut “there are” and “It is.” Use them!
THIS WEEK’S POST AT COLLEGE COMPOSITION WEEKLY!
Min-Zhan Lu and Bruce Horner introduce a symposium on “translingualism” in the January College English
. Translingualism is not just about L2 language learners; it’s the default for “the normal transactions of daily communicative practice of ordinary people.”
NEW AT JUST CAN’T HELP WRITING:
BEWARE THE HYPERCORRECTNESS TROLL! He wants you to obsess over “correct grammar” so he can eat your lunch !
DON’T LET “ILLOGIC” PULL READERS OUT OF YOUR STORY!
New Post at Just Can’t Help Writing: What is “Voice”?
“Voice” can keep me reading your book even if I balk at plot glitches. But what is “voice”? Can I define it? Can anyone? I share what “voice” in a writer’s work feels like to me!
Let me know what “voice” means to you!
BATTLE IS LOST: Welcome to “Singular They”!
A sad day for grammar purists: The Washington Post will allow “singular they”!
Can I use “they”?New Works-in-Progress Page at Just Can’t Help Writing!
Check out first chapters and pitches for books I’m working on. I’d love feedback and swaps for beta reads!
JUST NOW AT JUST CAN’T HELP WRITING: Conflict, Not Crisis
If you know who she is, you’ll care!Crisis on the first page is overrated.
Start novels with conflict and character.
Today at Just Can’t Help Writing! Build Character with Stage Business!
Make your “props” talk
! Every “sip of coffee” can pass on news to your readers about who your characters are and what conflicts they face!