Good Article on Writing Mistakes; and a Little Status

[gsemones]

David Farland pointed out this article by Pat Holt: "Ten Mistakes Writers Don't See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)." It focuses primarily on word choice and other nasties.

From David's "Daily Kick in the Pants" yesterday:

"For new writers, here is a link to a helpful article on ten things to avoid in your writing--covering topics like overuse of

Comments

[kara_gnome]

That's an awesome article. What I liked best about it was all the examples and discussion about these different things. It was very well presented, and really shows his thinking along these lines and what he means about these. Really good, thanks for sharing.

Ah, and I see that my old friend, 'really' has cropped up a few times in this little message :) Oopsies for #1!

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