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Common writing mistakes—PART 2

04/18/2016 Write Well, Write To Sell 164 Views 0 Comments bad writing habits, good writing techniques, rick taubold, weak writing

From Rick: Let’s continue where we left off last time with those common writing mistakes I encounter all too frequently. OVERUSE OF “AS” CLAUSES AND PARTICIPLE PHRASES: I feel as if I’ve beaten these two topics to death, but since

Bad writing habits Basics of writing

Do you write in afterthoughts?–Part 2

05/18/201505/18/2015 Write Well, Write To Sell 206 Views 0 Comments fiction writing, good writing techniques, rick taubold, weak sentences with present participles, weak writing

From Rick: I received some interesting comments on the previous post on this topic from my good friend and a fellow Director of Silver Pen Perry McDaid. Perry pointed out that I had erred in my statement “We generally don’t

Bad writing habits Basics of writing

Do you write in afterthoughts?–Part 1

04/14/201505/18/2015 Write Well, Write To Sell 245 Views 1 Comment fiction writing, good writing techniques, rick taubold, weak sentences with present participles, weak writing

From Rick: Exactly what do I mean by “writing in afterthoughts?” Consider this short scenario: (1) “How dare you call me a slut!” Sheila said, grabbing a plate and throwing it at me. “Well, what would you call having sex

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Weak writing: THERE, IT, WAS

12/19/201110/05/2012 Write Well, Write To Sell 181 Views 0 Comments rick taubold, there was, was, weak words, weak writing

From Rick: Last time Scott talked about weak writing in terms of telling vs. showing. We’ll be visiting these topics quite a bit in the months ahead. Writers constantly hear preaching against weak words and weak verbs. By weak we

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