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The Lowly Pencil

Meg Waite Clayton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Meg Waite Clayton

There is nothing like the freedom of a pencil as I'm taking the muck that is a first draft and trying to make something of it. Not quite right the first time? Erase and try again!

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Best Creative Writing Exercises (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Writers block, oh, writers block ...please go away! Even though it's the bane of all writers' existence, there are a bevy of ways to bypass the darn...

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Grammar Pet Peeves

Bethany Keeley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bethany Keeley

At one time in history, quotation marks served a single purpose: they were used for quoting people. But from my experience assembling both "The Book o...

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