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| bio | website | nathantresch.com |
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| location | Seattle, WA | |
| age | 40 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 1 month |
| seen | Feb 5 at 18:47 | |
| stats | profile views | 23 |
I’m a 39 year old autodidact, and very proud to be. I'm looking for work right now, but that's normal given my proclivity for accepting contracts. I write, I eat, and I enjoy life with all of the gusto I can. I love language and languages. I occasionally slip and use serial commas, and when I do I often leave them as a flag flying in the face of my enemy, Language Prescriptivism. I’m a native English speaker and I’ve studied both Latin and several Romance Languages that are derived from it. I’ve studied law, language, history, sociology, logic, debate, math and various sciences, because those subjects all fascinate me to no end.
Care to learn more? Visit my blog! <3
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When to start a new paragraph and when to start a new “scene” I don't mean to be rude, but you answered something that wasn't asked. :) He was asking about the scene transitions, and you've offered him unsolicited advice regarding the wording of a description. He may not mind, but in general some writers get really irritated when you offer advice that was unasked for. |
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May 4 |
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Are contests an effective way to gauge the quality of your writing? In general, it's considered bad manners on Stack Exchange sites to post answers that are essentially the same as answers that are already there. If everyone did this, we'd have 20 duplicate answers on each question. If you want to talk about it head into the chat room where some of the regulars hang out. |
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May 4 |
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How to cite an entire paragraph? I posted the APA guidelines below in another answer, the APA guide I have says word count |
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May 4 |
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Title Choice: “The Girl [Without/Who Didn't Have] A Soul” I wonder if I'm going to get a green check :( |
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May 4 |
answered | How to cite an entire paragraph? |
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May 4 |
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Are contests an effective way to gauge the quality of your writing? I guess you have better contests in LA, or I've never had exposure to any good ones that are here in Seattle. |
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answered | Are contests an effective way to gauge the quality of your writing? |
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May 4 |
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Creating metaphors in poetry I feel bad, like I pulled some kind of a bait and switch unintentionally by asking when I had an answer already, but, I felt that if I put my answer I wouldn't have gotten any ideas from anyone else about how to get unstuck or any other exercises to try, so I left the question unanswered. After seeing the downvotes and your answer, I decided that it was unlikely I was going to get any more ideas, so I posted my answer, but, since the question doesn't seem useful to others we should just delete it anyhow so it doesn't matter. Still, I wasn't trying to pull some kind of a bait and switch. :( |
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May 4 |
answered | Creating metaphors in poetry |
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May 4 |
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Creating metaphors in poetry I could ask about how to develop a metaphor, but, I'm not interested in getting an answer to that so I would feel disingenuous doing so, so, I'd rather see it closed if it's not useful. I've voted to close and flagged. I don't have troubles coming up with metaphors, I was only wondering if there were tips to make it easier and faster. |
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awarded | Citizen Patrol |
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Creating metaphors in poetry added 181 characters in body |
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Creating metaphors in poetry added 238 characters in body |
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May 3 |
awarded | Commentator |
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May 3 |
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In writing a cover letter accompanying a submission to a literary journal, is listing publications in less well-regarded journals detrimental? @LaurenIpsum Hah! I'm pretty full of myself so I want my name seen everywhere. ;) |
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May 3 |
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In writing a cover letter accompanying a submission to a literary journal, is listing publications in less well-regarded journals detrimental? @LaurenIpsum Is that your real name? |
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May 3 |
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In writing a cover letter accompanying a submission to a literary journal, is listing publications in less well-regarded journals detrimental? @LaurenIpsum if I could +1 your name for being one of the funniest puns I've ever seen in my life I would. :P |
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What qualities should a good metaphor have? added 74 characters in body |
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answered | In writing a cover letter accompanying a submission to a literary journal, is listing publications in less well-regarded journals detrimental? |
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asked | What qualities should a good metaphor have? |
