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Yes, he does. On page 23, he writes And on page 64:

Key to these examples is that "is one" and "wouldn't you" are idiomatic fragments attached to the end of an actual declarative statement...

The thing is, it isn't actually a question — it merely resembles one. There are two different meanings, two different intonations, and...

Well put, Also. My "rule" is to write what you like, and test the material afterward by re-casting it by some rule or another. Sometimes...

Earthly Powers (1980), Anthony Burgess One of the most famous opening sentences since Dickens, and my favorite counterexample when I...

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Double hyphen is nothing but a manuscript convention. Unless you self-publish, a double hyphen will get transformed to an em-dash in...

i had 2 fillings done 3 weeks ago. week 1, i was in so much pain. week 2, the pain had radiated to my front teeth and kept me up at...

Out in the Colorado Rockies, it took me most of a day to realize that the loud, insect-like chirring I kept hearing came from the same...

Getting Xenforo installed and mostly configured for the critique group I facilitate. It's our new meeting announcement and RSVP system...

Managing to schedule an MRI only five weeks out. Planning a hermit-like 2-night writing mini-retreat around it.

Mark Twain was skeptical that "simplified spelling" would ever catch on. His take on it was: "Ours is a mongrel language which started...

(Because I expect the rest of it to be equally predictable in voice and style.)

I just knew it couldn't be an organic coincidence that so many critique group pieces begin that way. The trouble with all these rules of...

Now reading Battle Cry by Leon Uris :)