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Oct 2, 20224 min read
An Exposé on Exposition Part 2: Planting the Seeds
Fiction is incredibly difficult to write. While a writer of any text is responsible for their world's creation, the author of fiction...
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Feb 10, 20224 min read
The Tools of Our Gatekeepers
Purposeful Prose began with an examination of older methods by which writing and writing education has been studied. Some of the...
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Dec 9, 20214 min read
The Importance of Forming New Habits - Part 2
Sometimes, writers come to me with projects that they initially thought were going to be easy. When they're introducing their piece to...
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Nov 26, 20214 min read
Meddling with Writing as Simulation
As an editor, when I see "in fact," I usually get rid of it. I'm not opposed to passive voice and I'm very lenient with a lot of...
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Oct 7, 20215 min read
Style Guides: The Pros and the Cons
Those who write professionally, whether they are a student or in a career that focuses on writing, usually abide by some kind of style...
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May 27, 202110 min read
An Interview With a Professional Comedy Writer and Story Narrator - Part Two
This is the second and final part of my interview with MoonHorse. Names are censored to protect the privacy of the individual being...
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Apr 15, 20216 min read
Taking Agency in Writing
Thus far, as I have been reading post-process theorists, each has personally acknowledged the revolutionary nature of process theory,...
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Apr 8, 20216 min read
The Best Possible Means of Persuasion?
Post-process theorist George Pullman in his essay entitled, "Stepping Yet Again into the Same Current," sets up a rhetorical narrative on...
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Mar 18, 20215 min read
Making it Your Own: Five Tips to Create Your Personalized Writing Plan
Throughout this series on "Planning in Writing," I've laid out and updated older writing and writing planning strategies, presenting...
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