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Notes and observations on language and linguistics.

ISIS, ISIL or IS?

Rosetta stone by Eisabeth.Skene [cropped]

ISIS, ISIL, IS, SIC, Da'ish or Daesh?

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3 years ago

Language and linguistics

A perfectly cromulent source of new words

Is ‘cromulent’ cromulent or not cromulent? That is the question.

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3 years ago

Language and linguistics

Coriander: what’s in a name?

Is it coriander or cilantro? Depends what you're referring to!

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3 years ago

Language and linguistics

Non-vegan vegetables

Is it possible to grow vegetables that aren't suitable for vegans and vegetarians?

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4 years ago

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Language and linguistics

Language and linguistics: the story so far

I know a little bit about language and linguistics.

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4 years ago

Language and linguistics

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I hear it was #BlackCatAppreciationDay yesterday. It’s good that everyone appreciates @SunderlandAFC for even just one day | #safc #blackcats

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Painting on animals is a thing now? 😵 Give the kids a sheet of paper and let them paint a picture of an animal instead. Sign the Petition against so-called pony-painting parties | Change buff.ly/2B95gxh | #Petition #AnimalCruelty

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Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach | Have I Been Pwned buff.ly/2vaozAO

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How not to make a hash of hashing passwords | Crack Station buff.ly/2AxPbRi

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“The man called the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) but they said it was a job for Building Control. He rang ECDC Building Control who said it was a job for HSE.” 😒 Structure is unsafe | Ely Standard buff.ly/2LLQotG | #passingTheBuck

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Fancy a pet chicken? 🐓 I’d love one but I think @MrPerkins_Cat would love it the wrong way 😼 How you can save a chicken's life and get a new pet in the process | Cambridge News buff.ly/2MbMyWU

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How craft is good for our health | Conversation buff.ly/2LAYyVB

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Stretching doesn’t work (the way you think it does) | Breaking Muscle buff.ly/2K40yzZ

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Littleport Parkrun started well and is promising to be a popular one. 🤞🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ On the run: inaugural Littleport parkrun is a big hit | EADT buff.ly/2LHq9DT | #parkrun

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Britishisms: know your mucker from your muppet? | BBC Ideas buff.ly/2N74JNo pic.twitter.com/bevFjgT8V0

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Twitter’s vast metadata haul is a privacy nightmare for users | Wired buff.ly/2mcciqu

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Stay away from the blue light! Why tech’s favorite color is making us all miserable | Fast Company buff.ly/2upqTmo

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Scorched earth during heatwave reveals new monument at Newgrange | Irish Times buff.ly/2JaJGXT pic.twitter.com/33UKYbO0av

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These websites that make you accept all the ‘unnecessary’ cookies before they’ll show you their content are missing out on at least one user. I don’t feel comfortable having them even though I know I can burn them all | #GDPR

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The amazing science of the Wood Wide Web | BBC News buff.ly/2NbVo7C

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Ely Museum at risk of closing unless thousands is raised | Ely Museum buff.ly/2mcTWFZ | #Ely #museum #fundraising

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Uncle Fred’s in the paper again 🧓🗞🛥🛳⛴🚢 Sunderland Maritime Heritage museum unveiled ahead of Tall Ships | Sunderland Echo buff.ly/2Jjt3cC | #proud

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Bob’s your uncle and other name expressions | OxfordWords buff.ly/2yNvt39 | #language #etymology #phrases #names #origins

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How computers parse the ambiguity of everyday language | Atlantic buff.ly/2N2BYCh | #language

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Are you a user of Californian cannabis? If so, you’re contributing to the destruction of your native wildlife 🦉 Cannabis growth is killing one of the cutest (and fiercest) creatures in the US | Guardian buff.ly/2KeCEGK | #environment #cannabis #weed

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Sir David Attenborough has a message about the public’s response to his plastics watch appeal Plastics Watch | BBC buff.ly/2Mjkv7f

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Another way humans affect nature negatively 😒 Your walk in the woods is terrifying the wildlife | Outside Online buff.ly/2JI3cjz

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Can actual people read your Gmail? Find out and stop them by visiting your Google Security Check-up page. Gmail messages 'read by third parties' | BBC buff.ly/2Nkkly5

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“The irony is that by leaving the EU, the United Kingdom will be less useful to Washington as an ally but it will also need the United States much more.” — Jeffrey A. Stacey | Reuters buff.ly/2KNRcge | #brexit pic.twitter.com/9dAUY6IAvI

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George Eustace: ‘Although the Government are not convinced for change, I hope that…I have been able to demonstrate that we intend to do more work and gather more evidence in this area.’ Pet theft | Hansard Online buff.ly/2lQS0CL | #pets #theft #crime #governmentdebate

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Lots of positive things to tell your child(ren). What else do you say to yours? Girls to the Moon buff.ly/2yhlcvF

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Do you use a feed to show information to your users? It might not be the best way Stop ‘feeding’ your users | Shopify buff.ly/2HaQ0xB

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Hello? Is there anybody there? 👋 twitter.com/pandammonium/s…

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This is the best teabag news since pyramid teabags. And they were just a gimmick. This is real. Kudos 👍👍👍 to @YorkshireTea! twitter.com/YorkshireTea/s…

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How to get an RSS feed for Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest | Zapier buff.ly/2MvqOWp | #rss

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Can you lose your native language? | BBC buff.ly/2sFJudw | #language #nativelanguage #languageattrition

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Make sure the ground isn’t too hot for your dog to walk on — I’ve walked on incredibly hot sand before, and it’s not pleasant! 🔥🐶 Johnson and Scott Ltd on Facebook buff.ly/2yUo2ae

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How the English language became such a mess | BBC buff.ly/2Kqqasc | #language #english #englishlanguage

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Give this a whirl even if you’re not British! It whittled down my accent to the right city 👍 Do you have a secret British accent? | BBC buff.ly/2G1MOHS

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Green and/or blue? The words that change what colours we see | BBC buff.ly/2HjQVk7 | #language

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More evidence that humans are the worst thing to have happened to this planet 🌍 Colonialism did not just create slavery: it changed geology | Guardian buff.ly/2kYXJpJ | #Anthropocene

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Having a good relationship with CSS | Sarah Chima buff.ly/2Hxd09W | #css #toptips

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Cult of the Party Parrot buff.ly/2y9UzJ0

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How do you feel about paying for software? I like to try before I buy. On paying for software | Seth’s blog buff.ly/2sZFVi3

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I learnt this word this morning, indeed while I was still feeling forwallowed. | #til #newWord twitter.com/qikipedia/stat…

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How CSS works: parsing and painting CSS in the critical rendering path | Log Rocket buff.ly/2Jv8j2h

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😴 Fall asleep in seconds by listening to a soothing voice read the EU’s new GDPR legislation | Verge buff.ly/2JrtSUG

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How to write better error messages | UX Planet buff.ly/2siJHTW

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Researchers are using AI to save indigenous languages from extinction | Next Web buff.ly/2kYGVz9

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The best way to save the planet? Drop meat and dairy | George Monbiot buff.ly/2JuFHpR

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Use a lot of JavaScript arrays and objects? You might find these methods useful | Codeburst buff.ly/2sUTlf1

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What will you do to help? Chris Packham warns of 'ecological apocalypse' in Britain | Guardian buff.ly/2y9TPE7 | #ecology #citizenscience

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Don’t eat before reading this | New Yorker buff.ly/2JoEXqg

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'Smartphone zombies' get their own lane | BBC buff.ly/2JBDKLW

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What is the future for #GitHub now? Microsoft has reportedly acquired GitHub | Verge buff.ly/2stU4UW

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It seems the season of annoyingly stupid and buzzy flies in the house has arrived 😏

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Heart-breaking image. We’ve got to move out of the age of plastic. Sir David Attenborough on plastic in the environment | at Facebook buff.ly/2xIhsDv

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What does it mean when we call women girls? | Lot Hub buff.ly/2JimNCs

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Ely Writers have been on Twitter for a whole year! How long have you been tweeting? #MyTwitterAnniversary pic.twitter.com/Y3To…

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Do you write your work by hand? If your hand aches with the effort, try a different way ✍️ Handwriting tips | Paperpenalia buff.ly/yFM5Vq

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There is no meeting this month because we’re having a jolly summer holiday break ☀️ Roll on autumn 🍂

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👹+🐶->😱 Graphic novel to celebrate East Anglian demon dog | BBC buff.ly/2mABlnh

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Next Ely Writers’ Day is announced! Writers' Day buff.ly/2mD4D4U

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I don’t know about you, but I feel like the dried-up grasses of the fens. Our meetings will take a break until the autumn, when I hope I can end my aestivation. pic.twitter.com/QtiJ…

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How to write for the UK government’s website. Also applies to your website if you’re trying to inform your audience. Writing for GOV.UK | GOV.UK buff.ly/2LmExOm

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Have you ever started writing something that turned out to be more complicated than you thought? You're not the only one. That Black Mirror book series has been delayed (for now) | Metro buff.ly/2L8NoD6 pic.twitter.com/c9TA…

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Ely Museum at risk of closing unless thousands is raised | Ely Museum buff.ly/2mcTWFZ | #Ely #museum #fundraising

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What are you reading this summer? Books for the beach — and the brain — this summer | Irish Times buff.ly/2KNmvse

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I use LaTeX. I gave up using Word for big important documents a long time ago! I tried Scrivener, but found it too fancy for its own good. What software do you use for writing? | Reddit /r/writing buff.ly/2m6jvsc

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Third place in Ely Writers’ Day’s short story competition goes to Baptism of Fire. Do you agree with the judges that paragraphs should have been used? The word limit is 500. Ely Writers' Day buff.ly/2uiMJrD

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Imposed a what now? Does not compute ❌💻 twitter.com/goodread…

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Oh, yes. Been there. I can only concentrate on one conversation at a time, and real people get upset if you ignore them 😏 | via @HeyJamie pic.twitter.com/2Iye…

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Alas, tonight’s meeting is postponed until further notice, if not cancelled, due to technical problems. Sorry about that. Maybe you could write 500 words instead, like I’ll be doing ⌨️✍️ FAO @martinxo pic.twitter.com/4FXq…

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Read the winning entry from Ely Writers’ Day — no, it’s not mine 😏 Ely Writers' Day buff.ly/2tXoFtX

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It is so tedious discussing grammar with people who insist on perpetuating made-up rules of grammar. We need to stop kowtowing to the rich man who whimsically hated split infinitives. Just enjoy reading and/or writing. I don’t know what a fronted adverbial is and I’m a linguist. twitter.com/AmandaPC…

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Character names are easy to change in LaTeX: write a command for each character’s name, then, if a name changes, you only need to alter it in one place. Job done. No find and replace needed ☺️ | Sarah Day | #LaTeX #toptips #lovehate #amwriting #characters #justsaying #smug twitter.com/geowrite…

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A couple of photos from Ely Writers' Day | Ely Writers Day on Facebook buff.ly/2ID3LG0

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So true (except tea instead of coffee) 😺😼😸😼😹😼😺😸😼 twitter.com/byMorgan…

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Anime pioneer explains how she went from porn scripts to feature films | Indy 100 buff.ly/2KpX5ju

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Fancy a writing workout? Maybe the Script Gym is for you! Writers Room | BBC buff.ly/2N4jwJF

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May your plots thicken and your characters develop on #nationalWritingDay

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Good luck if you entered the Ely Writers’ Day short story competition! Ely Writers' Day buff.ly/2MYv3Kh

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Writing about addiction: it often takes two perspectives | Peter Selgin @ Jane Friedman buff.ly/2JQTkzX pic.twitter.com/ZktP…

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Setting free the sacred cows of writing advice | Terrible Minds buff.ly/2teVNgF pic.twitter.com/Hca2…

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Incorporating safer sex into your fiction writing | Writers' Digest buff.ly/2yfbWbz pic.twitter.com/Jwji…

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How to craft a believable villain | Well Storied buff.ly/2leBnR2 pic.twitter.com/imYw…

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What does it mean to write a scene that works? | Jane Friedman buff.ly/2JKSada pic.twitter.com/0JkL…

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How do you write your romantic scenes? Sweet v sexy: what you need to know about writing both | WritersDigest.com buff.ly/2o4cMj0 | #amwriting #romance pic.twitter.com/G9bk…

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Something I've wondered about since hearing the term 'literary fiction' being bandied about a lot is what distinguishes it from ordinary fiction. I'm not the only one. Any ideas, anyone? Contradictory nature of 'literary fiction'? | Reddit r/writing buff.ly/2ydoU9P pic.twitter.com/JKXC…

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Get yourself along to this day devoted to writing! Ely Arts Festival Writers' Day buff.ly/2t2qeHu | #elywritersday

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Four ways to write a better antagonist | Helping Writers Become Authors | buff.ly/2Jij0W1

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Tips for balancing stories with multiple points of view | Well Storied buff.ly/2M4KuAc | #pov #multiplepov #mpov

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If you’re struggling with your scene, here’s another way to think about it. How to write strong scenes: four key questions to evaluate your scene | Writers’ Digest buff.ly/2sNMWCe

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Ten things to get your novel published | Rosie Johnston Writes buff.ly/2sL3r30

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It seems @JeffBezos of Amazon is breaking Chinese law, but is ok with it. Are you? Underpaid and exhausted: the human cost of your Kindle | Guardian buff.ly/2Mayddr | #Amazon #Kindle #Alexa | @amazon @AmazonUK @AmazonKindle

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Have you entered the Ely Writers’ Day competition yet? The deadline is midnight tonight! 🕛 Ely Writers' Day buff.ly/2JK5RZb | #ElyWritersDay is not affiliated with us.

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The anti-library: why unread books are the most important | buff.ly/2H77pXG

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Top 20 books they tried to ban | Telegraph buff.ly/2svuyPi pic.twitter.com/wEbx…

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The gone girl with the dragon tattoo on the train | Five Thirty-eight buff.ly/2stAPuD

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Looking for a book to read? | Recommend me a Book buff.ly/2JeA5mQ | #amreading

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Ely Writers next meet on Wednesday 6th June in @the_cutterinn. What have you written this month? Bring it along and share it with us, if you like! #amwriting pic.twitter.com/iGaI…

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A change in perspective: tips for writing from multiple points of view | Writers' Digest buff.ly/2rGdAMI

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Point of view made easy | Rosie Johnston Writes buff.ly/2IFkMAc pic.twitter.com/nkbR…

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Throat clearing: when your story opening is in search of itself | Jane Friedman buff.ly/2IkkrXn pic.twitter.com/9E5V…

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Sitting up with Tom Wolfe — a 1974 interview | Writers' Digest buff.ly/2KsQmBD pic.twitter.com/1U9s…

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Does your story's sidekick serve a purpose? | Well Storied buff.ly/2L4R3lG pic.twitter.com/j4Tw…

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It's not just historical fiction that needs to keep track of time! Setting in time | Writing Forward buff.ly/2kkKTSy pic.twitter.com/GxPM…

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Conducting informational interviews for story research | Writers Helping Writers buff.ly/2k3vohv pic.twitter.com/U65V…

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Searching for the forgotten: recalling details when writing a memoir |Writers' Digest buff.ly/2Llb1ZK pic.twitter.com/1W3B…

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Writing doesn't have to be lonely. How to find a comminuty | Creative Penn buff.ly/2IEW8DX pic.twitter.com/7a6U…

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How to encourage readers to invest in your story by crafting relatable characters | Well Storied buff.ly/2IEXG0J pic.twitter.com/P2pP…

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