Tag Archives: tools for rewriting

Popping Pimples on Paragraphs: 5 Things To Watch For

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Cat

Talking to a friend, I compared this to going over each paragraph looking for zits, words or phrases that are little ugly clots marring the sentence. Groom the prose like a show pony, trimming dead-ends of lifeless conjunctions or combing sentences into parallel structure in order to bring them to a glossy shine. Continue reading →

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Using Random Tools Like StumbleUpon for Rewriting

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Cat

The Internet may be a sometimes maddening easy way to lose track of time, but it’s also the source of a lot of useful tools for rewriting, making it possible to justify a little time spent poking at it. I love tools for finding random things that I can inject into my writing. A favorite tool for rewriting using random input from the Internet is Stumbleupon. Continue reading →

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