Writing Tips: Kill Your Darlings

We writers must be prepared to cut our favorite sentences, paragraphs, and chapters, if doing so improves our work.

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Homophones: Accept vs. Except

Homophones cause quite a bit of confusion but with a little effort you can learn the difference between words that sound alike, such as accept vs except.

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Prompt 311

The local high school is having a cheerleading competition at the stadium. A lady comes from out of the bleachers holding a  ______ in her hands.

Prompt 310

A hot day in the summer. You are at the park walking. You are so thirsty so you go over to the water fountain to get some water to drink. As you are drinking the water a lady comes up to you. She says look over there at that big tree.