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The Two Three-Word Phrases That Will Change Your Writing for the Better
The Two Three-Word Phrases That Will Change Your Writing for the Better
And two critical sins of creative writing
Ben Ulansey
Aug 12
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In the Great, Green Room
In the Great, Green Room
But where did all the colors go?
Mimosa Days
Jun 30
The Hard and Soft Rules of Dialogue
The Hard and Soft Rules of Dialogue
The confusing customs of quotations and how they vary between cultures
Ben Ulansey
Jun 20
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Why Titles Don’t Contain Periods
Why Titles Don’t Contain Periods
Disambiguating the “omitted period” trend
Ben Ulansey
Jun 16
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The Art of Scattered Alliteration
The Art of Scattered Alliteration
How one common device can be used to enhance your writing
Ben Ulansey
May 29
Is the Oxford Comma Too Posh for Luddites?
Is the Oxford Comma Too Posh for Luddites?
The origins and uses of Oxford’s contentious comma
Ben Ulansey
May 10
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The Art of the Em Dash and the Gradation of Sentence Breaks
The Art of the Em Dash and the Gradation of Sentence Breaks
Disambiguating periods, commas, semicolons, ellipses, parentheticals, and em dashes
Ben Ulansey
May 8
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Why I Write
Why I Write
It’s only natural
Ben Ulansey
Jan 28
Why My High School Teacher Banned Linking Verbs
Why My High School Teacher Banned Linking Verbs
And when he finally freed me from my shackles
Ben Ulansey
Jan 8
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The Banned Words List
The Banned Words List
The prohibition of words and the linguistic gymnastics of high school English
Ben Ulansey
Jan 8
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