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Plotting Fiction: Keeping Your Story Straight

June 30, 2020 by ProofreadingPal in Writing Fiction

Keeping your story straight is mostly a matter of holding yourself accountable.

Cell Phones and Why We Write

June 20, 2020 by ProofreadingPal in Essays

Civility is the world’s second-best social lubricant, and from the first day of their public appearance, cell phones have interrupted parties, luncheons, meetings, and simple how-do-you-dos.

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