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Joanna BourneWhat's a Writer To Do?

On my blog, from time to time, I talk about the technical part of writing. These posts are tagged 'technical topics.'

 

 

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Technical Topics

Some of the topics are listed below, just to give you a taste of the delights in store.

 

Quill   Lots of Advice

> Adverbs of Merit

> Best of the Worst 100 Writing Mistakes, Part I

> Best of the Worst 100 Writing Mistakes, Part II

> Best of the Worst 100 Writing Mistakes, Part III

> Buffer Words

> Building Secondary Characters

> Comments on Word Usage #1, The Spymaster's Lady

> Comments on Word Usage #2, The Spymaster's Lady

> Comments on Word Usage #3, The Spymaster's Lady

> The Dreaded -ing

> Drafts

> The First Big Edits

> Hearing Voices

> Pitching Your Manuscript

> Prologues

> Show Don't Tell

> Strong Verbs> Synopsis

> Tagging with Action

 

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Writing Advice
from the Web Experts

> Books and Writer's Forum - The oldest writers forum on the web

> Evil Editor - Why you don't get published

> Pocketful of Words - Holly Lisle's good advice

> Justine Larbalestier - Writing advice and industry insight

> Miss Snark - Gone, alas, but archived

> Orson Scott Card - Learn from a master stylist

> Poynter  - Practical tips from a practical journalist 

> Victoria Strauss - A publishing insider talks about writing  

> Word Wenches - Jo Beverley, Edith Layton, Mary Jo Putney, Anne Gracie et wonderfully al

 

 

Open BookAnd a Few More            References for Writers

> French-English Translation

> Internet Public Library - Ask a question

> Library of Congress - An annotated list of reference websites

> Library of Congress - Ask a librarian

> New York Public Library Reference - Ask another librarian

> Publishers Marketplace - Where agents and editors get their information

> Purdue University - OWL English grammar

> SFA Writer Beware - check up on the bad guys

 

 

 

 

 

 

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