Cut The Fat; Make Your Writing Lean: #Tip 10.

On 18/10/2015 By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Word Choice7 Comments

It's been a while: my apologies. I've been rethinking certain aspects of my writing life and deciding what changes I need to make, and when and where. And domestics have been a little unsettled recently with some slightly changed priorities that have made it temporarily more difficult to get on with my writing. Next Saturday, I'll be at …

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77 Ways to Find New Readers, by Laura Pepper Wu, Reviewed.

On 02/10/2015 By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Review5 Comments

I gained this as a free download for reasons I can't now recall, but I would have happily paid the full asking price. Not all the methods propounded in this slim volume are new to me, but many are. And it's good to have the whole collection in one place. One aspect of the book …

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Cut The Fat; Make Your Writing Lean: #Tip 09.

On 29/09/201528/09/2015 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Word Choice

Writers enjoy sharing ideas to improve the craft. So, let's chop the fat from our writing. Make it lean and trim. Readers will thank us. In this series, I'll look at some common redundancies. But, reading this post and nodding wisely in agreement won't cut it. We have to stay alert to those extraneous words …

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Question For the Week: Do Cheap and Free Books Devalue Books?

On 28/09/201530/07/2017 By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, opinion, question11 Comments

I was inspired to ask this by a short blog post I came across on ANewDomain, via Book2Book, a daily email from BookTrade. It set me to wondering whether we, as writers, are our own worst enemies. And it was reinforced by another short piece I read a little while ago at Digital Book World …

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Cut The Fat; Make Your Writing Lean: #Tip 08.

On 24/09/2015 By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Word Choice3 Comments

We writers enjoy sharing ideas to improve our craft. So, let's chop the fat from our writing. Make it lean and trim. Readers will thank us. In this series, I'll look at some common redundancies. But, reading this post and nodding wisely in agreement won't cut it. We have to stay alert to those extraneous …

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Question for the Week. Democracy: Do We Know What It Is?

On 21/09/201521/09/2015 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, question12 Comments

In this series of posts, which may go on for ever, I'm posing questions to elicit that most elusive of human activities: thought! Oh no: surely I'm not expecting people to use their most hungry organ and engage in a process unique to the species? I'm afraid so. These posts won't always necessarily represent my …

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Cut The Fat; Make Your Writing Lean: #Tip 07.

On 18/09/2015 By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Word Choice

Most of us who write seem to enjoy sharing ideas to improve our craft. So, let's chop the fat from our writing. Make it lean and trim. Readers will thank us. In this series, I'll look at some common redundancies. But, reading this post and nodding wisely in agreement won't work. We need to stay …

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Cut The Fat; Make Your Writing Lean: #Tip 06.

On 15/09/201511/09/2015 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Word Choice

Most writers seem to enjoy sharing ideas to improve our craft. So, let's chop the fat from our writing. Make it lean and trim. Readers will thank us. In this series, I'll look at some common redundancies. But, reading this post and nodding wisely in agreement won't work. We need to stay alert to those …

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Question for the Week: Have We Literally Gone Too Far?

On 14/09/201511/09/2015 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Word Choice11 Comments

In this new series of posts, which may go on for eternity, I intend to pose questions that might elicit that most unusual of human activities: thought! Oh no: surely I'm not expecting people to employ their most hungry organ and engage in the one process unique to the species? I'm afraid so. These posts …

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Cut The Fat; Make Your Writing Lean: #Tip 05.

On 12/09/201511/09/2015 By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Word Choice

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Cut The Fat; Make Your Writing Lean: #Tip 04.

On 09/09/2015 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Word Choice

Many writers enjoy sharing ideas that might improve our craft. So, let's chop the fat from our writing. Make it lean and trim. Readers will thank us. In this series, I'll look at some common redundancies. But, reading this and nodding wisely in agreement won't do. We need to stay alert to those extraneous words …

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Cut The Fat; Make Your Writing Lean: #Tip 03.

On 07/09/2015 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Word Choice5 Comments

Many writers welcome the sharing of ideas that might improve our craft. So, let's chop the fat from our writing. Make it lean and trim. Readers will thank us. In this series, I'll look at some common redundancies and other questionable writing devices. But, reading this and nodding wisely in agreement won't do. We need …

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Cut The Fat; Make Your Writing Lean: #Tip 02.

On 02/09/2015 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Word Choice, Word Use

Many writers welcome the sharing of ideas that might improve our craft. So, let's chop the fat from our writing. Make it lean and trim. Readers will thank us. In this series, I'll look at some common redundancies. (I had hoped someone perspicacious might point out that the first post title in this series used …

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Cut Out Fat; Make Your Writing Lean: #Tip 01.

On 29/08/2015 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Word Use3 Comments

Life's finally a little more settled, so I can return to posting about the mechanics of writing, as I used to on my old blog. I've found many writers welcome the sharing of ideas that might improve our craft. So, let's chop the fat from our writing. Make it lean and trim. Readers will thank …

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