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| bio | website | neilfein.com |
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| location | New Jersey | |
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A freelance editor, I specialize in fiction but I've worked on non-fiction as well as web copy, corporate literature, and non-profit materials. I also edit and write for the group blog Magnificent Nose, which covers many topics but gravitates towards articles about writing and reading.
I'm also a lyricist; a guitarist for the band Baroque & Hungry; and I'm a touring cyclist.
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Apr 13 |
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What types of research do writers do in advance of writing? This question, while interesting and relevant, is more of a poll than an answerable question. It'd really be more appropriate on a discussion forum. (A place like r/writing would get you a lot of good answers.) Are you willing to edit this into something more answerable? |
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Apr 12 |
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What is the preferred way to type out ellipses? Welcome to Writers! |
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Apr 12 |
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What is the preferred way to type out ellipses? @RegDwight - Just saw this. It's a bit late, but should I still send this over to ELU? (It's fine here as a style question.) |
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Apr 12 |
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Critique a short essay But generally, where you break paragraphs is a matter of personal taste. You want to keep similar thoughts together, but you can also change the rhythm of the text by varying paragraph length. An analogy to speaking helps: If a comma or a period is where you take a breath, a paragraph is where you might put a dramatic pause. |
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Apr 12 |
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Critique a short essay For the purposes of critique, this is good enough. It's easier to refer to text when you have it split up like this. |
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Apr 12 |
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Critique a short essay Not a full critique, but I'd seriously consider chopping this into paragraphs. |
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Apr 12 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on I'm getting tired of “he said” “she said” in dialogue; how do I get around it? |
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Apr 10 |
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Automated correction of google translated documents The problem is that, if this is a question about finding a tool, it's fine here; if this is about creating a tool, it's straddling the line between whats on-topic here and what isn't. You're also more likely to get answers about constructing a coding solution on Stack Overflow, and maybe about assembling a solution from components on SuperUser. (Software recommendations are off-topic on the latter site, I checked.) Are you willing to edit this so it's more of a tool recommendation? If not, we'll be closing this for now. |
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Apr 10 |
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Automated correction of google translated documents I'm a little unclear on what you're looking for. An out-of-the-box solution? A library of translation routines you can use to roll your own solution? Something else? |
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Apr 9 |
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How can I improve my analytical writing for a standardized test? Significant changes to get the question away from being a list question |
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Apr 9 |
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How can I improve my analytical writing for a standardized test? Dylan, this question is currently asking for a list of books, which is not on-topic here on Writers. However, @Kit is correct in that this can be edited into a question that will work here. I'll try; please let me know if it's what you want. |
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Apr 8 |
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Dealing with potential copyright issues: manga deleted 2 characters in body; edited title |
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Apr 8 |
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Dealing with potential copyright issues: manga edited tags |
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Apr 8 |
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german tourist or German tourist? @Robusto - Like this, alas. |
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Apr 8 |
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Writing in second language @MonicaCellio - Agreed. This needs clarification. |
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Apr 8 |
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Ideas for nicknames of characters in a story I'm sorry to say that asking for suggestions like this is, essentially, starting a discussion, which is a kind of question that doesn't work well on Stack Exchange sites. You may want to familiarize yourself with our FAQ, particularly this section, to get more of an idea why. You might get better results by brainstorming about this in chat, or in a conventional discussion forum. |
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Apr 7 |
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Ways to improve your writing skills @JohnSmithers - Ah, now I can see it in the original post source code. (It's not visible in the version tracking, where I first looked.) And I know how the edit button works, thank you. :P |
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Apr 7 |
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Ways to improve your writing skills @John - Maybe I missed something, but how did you puzzle "Elements" out of this? |
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Apr 7 |
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To translate a novel with Westerner's point of view There's still no real question to be answered here, only a call to discuss the situation. Des, please keep asking more questions about specific aspects of your project, as you did in this excellent question. But asking about very short bits of text - a few sentences, say - is off-topic on this site. @Lauren - who advised you to do this - may not be aware of this. (Or maybe you were thinking of the imagery involved?) |
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Apr 6 |
answered | Tenses I should use in a translated-novel |
