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Resources that one may wish to ask about on Writing include style guides, instruction manuals, podcasts, blogs, articles, and other means by which experts provide writing information.

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How to practice location descriptions

Sensual observations are all well and good, but there is also the landscape of the mind to consider. What associations do you make when you see/hear/feel/taste a scene? What makes that scene come aliv …
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Believable (but easy) archaic English

When you say Old English, be aware that another term for that is Anglo-Saxon, which is English from before the Norman Conquest. Here's an example: Ic eom weorð werum, wide funden brungen of bear …
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Should I write an abstract for a formal essay?

Does your academic institution follow a style guide? If so, it's probably APA or MLA. Check with either of those. Purdue University has an excellent Online Writing Lab (OWL), which you should explore …
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Are there any more efficient ways of formatting and creating an e-book?

Scrivener will export your manuscript as an e-book. I use it on a Mac, but I understand there will be a Windows version if there isn't already. update The Windows version has been out for a while now …
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