Wringing the Most from an Interview
© 2009 Tracy Crump Three years ago, I wrote regularly for a newspaper and conducted a number of interviews. Some went well; some did not. But I enjoyed getting to…
I’m Not Making This Up
© 2009 Tracy Crump I don’t remember learning about dangling participles in school. In fact, I thought dangling participles were like floppy disks (stay with me here). The first time…
Leave Splicing to the Electricians
© 2009 Tracy Crump Splicing is the act of joining two things together, such as wire, rope, or film, it can even refer to joining two people in marriage, a…
Pass on the Passive
© 2009 Tracy Crump Which of the following sentences arouses more righteous anger? The World Trade Center was destroyed in 2001. The World Trade Center was destroyed by terrorists in…
Writing Is Rewriting
© 2008 Marylane Wade Koch First comes the idea; the writer rushes to the keyboard to start that story or article. After hours or weeks of labor, the work is…
To Cliché or Not to Cliché
© 2008 Tracy Crump I love clichés. Editors don't. I don't know what's wrong with those people. I would give them a piece of my mind, but I guess I'd better let…
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