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Two workshops in two towns – as removed as winter is from summer All About Writing split itself in two this past week to offer writing advice on different continents – and in two towns [...]

Let’s look beyond the obvious in the old tenets of writing advice. We all know that “showing” is supposed to be better than “telling”. We know, for instance, that we should use all our senses [...]

The difference between the almost-right word and the right word is really a large matter—it’s the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning. That was Mark Twain, not me, but I [...]