To this day, I can’t stand it when people use “normalcy” instead of “normality,” even both are perfectly acceptable. But “normality” came first, and “normalcy” was invented by a bunch of academics before Warren G. Harding guaranteed every politician on earth would use it at least once during a presidential campaign.
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Today, I finished the second draft of a short story I have been working on for about three weeks. I completed my edits this morning, and then sent copies of to a few carefully selected individuals guaranteed to tell me that this story is the best thing they have ever read1. This is the phase [...]
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“Inspiration comes mythic-magical, but an annoying thing happens in the transmission from inspiration to worldly draft: Things come out a little fuzzy. Introductions are clunky, transitions are awkward, dialogue sounds forced, and sensory details are wholly lacking. A writer’s privilege is that she can fix it later. And then fix it again. There’s magic in [...]
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