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Fun Fridays – October 2, 2020

By Steve Laubeon October 2, 2020
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You thought the Lang Lang piano video was amazing the other week?

Watch this one by Denis Matsuev. I’m exhausted watching the inhuman speed with which he plays. The sheer muscle memory is breathtaking since I’m not anyone who could actually think that fast to make their fingers become a blur.

Be inspired that, with lots of hard work and lots of practice and a lifetime of mistakes, you, too, can be a writing virtuoso.

[If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.]

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Category: Fun Fridays

A Self-Editing Checklist

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon October 1, 2020
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The “Your Questions Answered” Series __________ How about more tips on some of the pitfalls of writing? What are things to look for when you are self-editing? Here is a short list: Grammar. Most people seem to have fallen asleep during the class on plural possessives, for example. Its and it’s can throw a reader. Weasel words: Look for terms that bog down your writing without adding impact. Those …

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