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  Ten Mistakes Writers Don`t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)  david bruce at 20:09 on 22 January 2004
 

A nice article I came across today:

http://www.holtuncensored.com/ten_mistakes.html
  Re: Ten Mistakes Writers Don`t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)  Nell at 21:30 on 22 January 2004
 

I've saved it to 'favourites' David!
  Re: Ten Mistakes Writers Don`t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)  word`s worth at 22:36 on 22 January 2004
 

Me too. Thanks David. It had me running to my mss and casting a beady eye over them...

From beady-eyed to sleepy-eyed...

G'night!
  Re: Ten Mistakes Writers Don`t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)  Traveller at 00:05 on 23 January 2004
 

Nice one David

  Re: Ten Mistakes Writers Don`t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)  Jumbo at 00:02 on 24 January 2004
 

Thanks for this, David. It's now added to my growing folder of Techniques and Tips.

John

  Re: Ten Mistakes Writers Don`t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)  e.g. at 12:11 on 24 January 2004
 

Good stuff but I 've realised evertime I put finger-pen to keyboard-paper, I make one. Is it serious, doctor?
  Re: Ten Mistakes Writers Don`t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)  old friend at 13:21 on 24 January 2004
 

An Excellent Lesson. What I liked was that these 'errors' are seen in the writings of established and respected writers, so there is always room for improvement for us all.

Thank you, David.

Len
  Re: Ten Mistakes Writers Don`t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)  SamMorris at 14:00 on 24 January 2004
 

Thanks David, realy useful stuff. Johns idea of keeping a folder of tips and techniques sounds like a neat idea too. Must start one now!

On another note anyone know what happened to the smilies posting. It was there, then it just displayed 'error' and now it’s gone altogether. Revenge of the smilies? Always thought they were tricksome creatures.
  Re: Ten Mistakes Writers Don`t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)  Daisy at 14:23 on 24 January 2004
 

The smilies thread was getting a bit ... heated. I suspect it was removed because some comments were getting rather personal, patronising and inappropriate.

Who would have thought a thread about smilies would be so contraversial!
  Re: Ten Mistakes Writers Don`t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)  KnoxOverstreet at 13:33 on 28 January 2004
 

That's easily the most useful top ten list I've seen. And if anyone's keen to see what their overused 'crutch' word is, there's a web page at http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/webtools/web_freqs.html where you can paste in your text and have a frequency analysis returned.
  Re: Ten Mistakes Writers Don`t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)  david bruce at 14:17 on 28 January 2004
 

hey. We can do that too!
  Re: Ten Mistakes Writers Don`t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)  Account Closed at 15:12 on 28 January 2004
 

what would we do without The Bruce?
  Re: Ten Mistakes Writers Don`t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)  KnoxOverstreet at 15:24 on 28 January 2004
 

Oops. Sorry David. I of course rescind my previous comment and direct all would-be word counters back to this site.

How would I find that by browsing (just wondering what else I might have missed)?

Julian
  Re: Ten Mistakes Writers Don`t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)  Dee at 17:54 on 28 January 2004
 

Good question, Julian. I didn't know we could do that. This site gets better and better. Wonderwhat else we could play with if only we knew about it?

Dee

sorry, couldn't resist a quickie!
  Re: Ten Mistakes Writers Don`t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)  Sue H at 19:17 on 28 January 2004
 

How fantastic. Actually, maybe it's not...I'll have to see what happens first when I try it. I did re-re-re-read something the other day and realised that my characters seemed to be constantly sighing!
Sue
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