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 | Jul 10, 2014 | Writing
“It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.” —Mark Twain We know exactly what we mean when we write each sentence of our story. We’re surprised when our critique partner or editor doesn’t. Tweetable Does your editor often mark your...