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     Writing Secrets: How to leave out the bits that readers skip
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted April 15, 2020

    Writing Secrets: How to leave out the bits that readers skip

    I was listening to someone quoting Elmore Leonard the other day – and then she laughed. And she’s right: he is funny. I mean, “Leave out the bits that readers […]

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     Monday Motivation: How not to write the bits that readers skip
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted April 22, 2019

    Monday Motivation: How not to write the bits that readers skip

    Elmore Leonard said: “Don’t write the bits that readers’ skip.” One reader* asks the obvious question: What are the bits that readers skip? On the face of it, it’s obvious: […]

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     Writing Secrets: Write with more flow – use a character
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted January 30, 2019

    Writing Secrets: Write with more flow – use a character

    New writers often write too formally – as we were taught to write at school. Remember those ghastly business letters? They certainly couldn’t be accused of demonstrating any kind of […]

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     Writing Secrets: Don’t neglect the most evocative of the senses
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted August 8, 2018

    Writing Secrets: Don’t neglect the most evocative of the senses

    When new writers are “using all their senses” to show us a person or landscape, they often neglect smell. And yet, it’s the most evocative of our sensory experiences. Emotions […]

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     Monday Motivation: Dialogue and the human condition
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation
    Posted April 10, 2017

    Monday Motivation: Dialogue and the human condition

    What do I love about Elmore Leonard’s dialogue? It’s terse, it’s droll, it’s economical. It punches above its weight. Take this sentence speech from Bandit: Jack said, “I’ve been to […]

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