Lauren Ipsum

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The difference between the right word and the almost right word is really a large matter — it's the difference between a lightning bug and the lightning. — Mark Twain

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261 Answers

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27	How do you avoid purple prose?
23	Writing first programming book
21	Good Outlining Solutions For OSX?
21	Why does an author need an editor?
19	Which words should not be capitalized in Title Case?

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+10	Is it more advantageous to have an excerpt or a plot summary critiqued?
+10	Do parentheses inhibit clarity?
+10	How important is it to know the end before the writing the beginning?
+10	Citing in a paper: one citation for two paragraphs?

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19	Editors: Edit on first read, or read and edit on second round?
8	What's “fair use” for borrowing someone else's invented term?
6	How does one present spoken dialogue as a secondary language to signed speech?
5	Is there a name for this kind of sentence structure?
3	A tricky serial semi-colon

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239 style × 47	105 creative-writing × 19
214 fiction × 45	84 formatting × 22
128 technique × 22	83 plot × 14
127 editing × 20	78 software × 13
125 novel × 20	70 fantasy × 12