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The First Draft is Just the Start: How to Revise Like a Pro
Let’s be honest — self-editing is tough. Staring at your own words, trying to find what needs fixing, is like …
Evan Swensen The Burning Question Behind Fahrenheit 451
Ever wondered how Ray Bradbury, the mastermind behind Fahrenheit 451, came up with the book’s iconic title? Here’s a fun trivia …
Evan Swensen Why We Act Too Late: Thomas Hardy and the Power of Writing
“A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance …
Carl Douglass HOW TO WRITE WITH ACCENTS, DIALECT, SLANG, COLLOQUALISM, AND ETHNICITY
Malaysian English/Manglish: Malay is the lingua franca of Malaysia, a federation of former British colonies and similar dependencies. Manglish is a beautiful mix …
Evan Swensen Writing on the Edge: The Craft of Tension and Momentum
How Do I Effectively Build Tension and Suspense? The moment before something happens is often more gripping than the event …
Evan Swensen How Peter Rabbit Outsmarted Publishers
Every reader knows The Tale of Peter Rabbit. That mischievous little bunny in his iconic blue jacket has been sneaking …
Evan Swensen Write Like Your Life Depends on It
“Life can’t defeat a writer who is in love with writing,” Edna Ferber once declared. These words, spoken by a …
Carl Douglass HOW TO WRITE WITH ACCENTS, DIALECT, SLANG, COLLOQUALISM, AND ETHNICITY
How to speak British, course 206 Hong Kong English: The accent of English spoken in Hong Kong follows mainly British, with rather …
Evan Swensen The Dame of Dictation
Agatha Christie, the queen of mystery, never actually wrote most of her books—at least not by hand. While many imagine …
Evan Swensen The 120-Foot First Draft
Jack Kerouac’s 120-Foot First Draft: The Wildest Writing Method Ever Some authors draft their books in leather-bound journals. Others hammer …
Evan Swensen Writing Books That Never Fade
“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” Italo Calvino understood something fundamental …
Carl Douglass The Biblical Longevity Mystery 2
Earth formed in this manner about 4.54 billion years ago (with an uncertainty of 1%) and was largely completed within 10–20 million …