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8 Clichés That Are Killing Your Dramatic Dialogue - A reader opens a book, seemingly irritated by the dialogue.
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Robert Wood

8 Clichés That Are Killing Your Dramatic Dialogue

Sometimes, improving your writing is a case of learning craft, and sometimes it’s just about knowing what to tackle when you edit. Dramatic dialogue can benefit from both so, in this article, I’ll be outlining eight clichés to edit out of your work, as well as exploring the logic behind why they’re such a problem.

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Purple And Beige Writing: What You Need To Know - A painter covers a canvas in beige and purple.
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Rebecca Langley

Purple And Beige Writing: What You Need To Know

There are many ways to craft your prose, but when writing is over-decorated or as dry as sawdust, potential readers are easily dissuaded. Audience demand for embellished, overly descriptive prose, now commonly called ‘purple prose’, died sometime in the 20th century. Beige writing, stripped of all frills, can be similarly off-putting, though there are times

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One Simple Tip To Improve Your Description - Two blindfolded people feel an elephant. The one holding the trunk thinks 'snake', the one at the back thinks 'couch'.
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Robert Wood

One Simple Tip To Improve Your Description

When it comes to writing description, advice tends to be sparse. Where should you focus? What’s important? When has a descriptive passage outstayed its welcome? They’re difficult questions because they deal with subjective tastes, but there’s one piece of advice that you can use as your guiding light. It’s that piece of advice that we’ll

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