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Creative writing is not, as some suppose, an arcane art over which only the select few are ever granted mastery, or to which there is access via a magic key, a secret skill available only to the [...]

I am constantly exhorting writers to avoid adverbs, but to use instead “strong verbs”. And they respond by saying, “Okay, but what is a strong verb, and how do we […]

Each morning that I sit down to write I think I won’t be able to do it. I know it’s pathetic. I’ve written five books, but when I contemplate a […]