1. showing not telling

    to use words like “interesting” and “fascinating” when describing a subject is to essentially stick styrofoam popcorn into whatever you’re writing. would you be discussing the topic at hand if it were boring? probably not! so don’t use these sorts of placeholder words, because you’re only robbing your readers of finding out why something was worthy of your attention.

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  5. douglasmartini said: This was advice that I actually really needed.
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  7. jsmooth995 said: haha… I’ll admit do use “interesting” often on twitter/facebook/blogs, but it’s usually because I want to see how reactions play out to whatever I’m linking, without skewing it by giving away what I thought about it..
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    compelling
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    Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
  13. semperidem said: I’ve been annoyed recently with the use of “I can’t explain it.” Really? Could you at least talk circles around it so I can edit it down to understand what you might be talking about? Speaking of editing, Maura, why do you hate capitalization? WHYYY?
  14. tomewing reblogged this from maura and added:
    I am quite guilty of this! My own code runs as follows: “Interesting” means “I’m about