A Writer's Block: Robb Grindstaff

A Writer's Block: Robb Grindstaff

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Top ten list: an editor's pet peeves #1

Top ten list: an editor's pet peeves #1

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Earlier this year, I taught a course on fiction writing. An attendee asked what my pet peeves were as an editor—what writing issues do I see repeatedly. She clarified her question to focus specifically on the prose, not the story, plot, characters, etc.

She wanted to know how to polish and tighten her writing. A writer after my own heart!

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