On Exclamation Marks
Cut out all those exclamation marks. An exclamation mark is like laughing at your own joke. - F. SCOTT FITZGERALD It makes the writer’s day if he or she can include the opinions of a truly stupid...
View ArticleWhat is your stupid superpower?
She firmly held the theory that everyone gets at least one very stupid superpower. Hers was a weak kind of homing beacon. She could find people or things really easily. - from Girl At Sea by Maureen...
View ArticleDescribing Physiological Reactions In Fiction
I wonder if anyone’s ever had a GOOD case of diarrhoea. - @stephenfry Descriptions of physiology are hard to write well because: We all know what the feels to be thirsty/humiliated/busting to go to the...
View ArticleHow To Describe A Smell
Maybe if we were dogs our languages would be clear on the olfactory level rather than heavily visual. The fact is, human language is bereft of words to describe how something smells. It’s either lovely...
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