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| bio | website | dalewriting.dale.emery.name |
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| location | Sacramento, CA | |
| age | 54 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 5 months |
| seen | 5 hours ago | |
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I write non-fiction about leadership, software development, testing, and resistance to change.
I also write fiction (primarily the beginnings and middles of yet-to-be-finished novels) in a variety of speculative genres.
I also write about writing.
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Apr 11 |
answered | What would sections of a book that are larger than a chapter be called? |
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Apr 9 |
answered | How to write polite deadline email? |
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Apr 3 |
answered | What should be put on scene notecards? (for novel writing) |
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Mar 30 |
answered | Floating vs Float |
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Mar 15 |
answered | Need help to rephrase this sentence to prevent a run-on |
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Mar 7 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Feb 28 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Feb 28 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Feb 26 |
comment |
How can I make this essay more succinct? The two examples of "passive voice" that you mention are not passive voice. Passive voice means that the subject is the recipient of the action. That is not the case in either example. I do agree that helping verbs (and "to be" in general, even mine in this comment) leave sentences kinda wimpy, and that strengthening the main verb usually improves a sentence. And I agree with your advice in all of your examples. |
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Feb 25 |
answered | Citing Myself As a Source |
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Feb 20 |
answered | A friendlier way to write charges or fees to clients? |
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Feb 20 |
answered | File specifications for HTML folder --> Kindle? |
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Feb 19 |
answered | What are the advantages to setting a word limit for a short story? |
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Jan 27 |
answered | How can I revise these sentences to be more correct while still keeping the effect? |
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Jan 21 |
answered | A tricky sentence to construct |
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Jan 20 |
answered | Software for instructional book |
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Jan 4 |
comment |
What software can handle both revision control and layout? Start with the Wikipedia entries for TeX, LaTeX, DocBook, and Markdown. Markdown is the simplest. You already know some of it. StackExchange uses markdown syntax in posts (for bold, italics, block quotes, lists, probably some other stuff). DocBook is XML-based. TeX (and the related LaTEx) are completely their own thing, quite complex and powerful. Wikipedia nicely describes each, and links to official pages. One thing I like about markup is that I can break sentences across lines of text. That makes it easier to move phrases around during editing. It also plays nicely with version control. |
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Jan 3 |
answered | What software can handle both revision control and layout? |
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Dec 31 |
answered | How do you connect a non sequitur hook to a novel? |
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Dec 26 |
awarded | Good Answer |
