by Zoe M. McCarthy | Sep 27, 2018 | Writing
In my readings, I’ve noticed many unnecessary occurrences of the word some. I have to ferret out that sneaky word from my drafts. But I don’t delete all of them. Sometimes some is the correct word. Where the word some works. Example > “Did you read all of the...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jun 4, 2015 | Writing
“Nothing marks a skilled writer as much as his ability to write tight.” — Angela HuntSometimes the words we use in our writing detract from other words in our stories.Think of the alleged egg-sucking habits of weasels. An egg a weasel has sucked empty will look intact...