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A great resource for any writer. Common English language mistakes or misconceptions are included in detail. Some examples:
Much of the content is online here: Common Errors in English
Lot’s of practical tips on becoming a writer, such as:
Stop talking about your novel or short story ideas and start writing. Get in the habit of writing for at least an hour every day, no matter what. One strategy is to get up an hour earlier than you have to, make yourself a cup of coffee and completely focus on your writing.
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Doing your writing on a Mac? Learn some of these shortcuts to boost your productivity:
Text
?A move to beginning of paragraph
?B move one character back
?D delete character to right
?E move to end of paragraph
?F move one character forward
?K delete text to end of paragraph
?N move to next line
?O insert newline
?P move to previous line
?T transpose characters
?? delete word to left
?? delete word to right
Text Field
?? move one word left
?? move one word right
?? move to beginning of line
?? move to end of line
Text View
?? move up one page
?? move down one page
?? move to beginning of line
?? move to end of line
?? move to beginning of view
?? move to end of view
Read other shortcuts Rixstep
Reading Shrunk’s Elements of Style will quickly showcase how concise writing leads to easier reading. This Plain English Campaign link has a list of words to avoid, including:
And remember, 2nd Draft=1st Draft – 10%!
Read full list at Plain English Campaign: How to write in plain English
Full screen text editing seems to be all the rage for NaNoWriMo writers.
In preparation for NaNoWriMo, as well as connected to my recent explorations of emacs and general Terminal goodness, I’ve done some investigating of what options are available for creating a full screen writing environment.
The author reviews the freeware options, then moves on to newer solutions:
So much for the free options. The rest of the candidates are newer writing programs such as MacJournal, CopyWrite, Jer’s Novel Writer, and Ulysses. These are $29.95, $29.99, free (until version 1.x), and ~$120 respectively. Their full-screen presentations vary but are relatively equivalent. The real question is how much you wish to pay. Or if you do.
He doesn’t mention my current favorite though, Scrivener.
Read full article: Full Screen Text Editing
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