Tag: writing
To be or not to be pedantic
t’s easy to be concerned about people who are pedantic – who are constantly finding minor faults, when you’re writing….
Honey I shrunk the comma!
Sometimes using a comma in the wrong place can create an unintended and pretty humorous result, which is what happened…
Author: Paul Gresham Published Date: October 16, 2017 Leave a Comment on Historical accuracy versus common sense
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Historical accuracy versus common sense
Sometimes you have to use your commonsense instead of being super duper historically accurate, as this article in my ‘writing…
Author: Paul Gresham Published Date: October 12, 2017 Leave a Comment on Diagnosis: over-dependent on Wiki
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Diagnosis: over-dependent on Wiki
I recently realised that I’ve been entirely relying on ‘Wiki’ aka Wikipedia for my research into historical facts instead of…
Author: Paul Gresham Published Date: October 9, 2017 Leave a Comment on Could this solution to the problem of ‘writer’s block’ work for you?
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Could this solution to the problem of ‘writer’s block’ work for you?
Here’s a possible solution to the problem of ‘Writer’s block,’ which occurs when writers can’t think what to write next….
Author: Paul Gresham Published Date: September 28, 2017 Leave a Comment on Writing with smart quotes aka curly quotes
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Writing with smart quotes aka curly quotes
I think that my quest for a free Linux and Windows word processor that can create smart quotes, sometimes called…