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10 writing mistakes that scare (or at least annoy) readers

It’s Halloween, and everybody’s talking about “scary this” and “scary that.” So I figured I’d talk about stupid writing mistakes that scare (or at least annoy) the hell out of readers. Here are 10, off the top of my head: 1. Long first paragraphs. This is a no-brainer. The longer the first graf, the less [...]

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That grinding sound you hear? It’s me, biting the bullet. See, for years, whenever I’d speak or do a training seminar, the same comment inevitably popped up: “You ought to write a book.” And I have, or at least tried to, on a couple of occasions. Three, actually. One was a mystery, where the seeker [...]

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• "Writing is the flip side of sex. It's only good when it's over." -- Hunter Thompson