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Dame Hilary Mantel, best known for her historical novels Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies, was the first woman and first British author to win the prestigious Man Booker prize twice; if that doesn’t tell you how good she is, I’m not sure what will. Unrivaled in the realm of historical fiction, but also known for her memoirs and her literary short fiction (she made headlines with her …
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If you’ve ever been in an artisanal bakery, you know the feeling. Inviting smells, brown paper packages tied up with twine, cherry tarts and cracked crusty breads… It all adds up to the impression that everything is exactly as the baker would have it. How different from a bag of pre-sliced Wonder Bread on a crowded grocery store aisle; that sad loaf of starch and preservatives doesn’t even have a …
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Can writing be unhealthy? Under the wrong conditions, most things can, but what’s certain is that writing, even when performed with vigor, can still be unproductive. If you write purely for your own enjoyment, or you’re just building up your skills, that’s not a huge problem, but if your aim is to share your art with others, you need to know how to avoid the kind of writing that’ll keep you locked …
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With his Western novel The Sisters Brothers currently enjoying a big screen adaptation and his ‘tragedy of manners’ French Exit beloved by the literary establishment, Patrick deWitt is both a proven author and one to watch. Not only that, but deWitt’s story is particularly inspiring to budding writers – a bartender whose manuscript found its way into the right hands after he asked for a patron’s …
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We’ve talked before about how the Flesch–Kincaid readability tests provide unique, data-based feedback for writers. These tests are precise, but they aren’t terribly versatile. If we want to know more about our writing, and we’re tired of the same vague accolades we get from Reddit alpha-readers, we might want to stash a few more tools in our belts. The readability tools we’ll discuss today do …
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