No Rules, Just Tools
It's tough enough to be an author without all the rules the "experts" throw at you constantly—show, don't tell; avoid passive voice; don't use clichés; avoid adverbs; and on and on.
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In No Rules, Just Tools, you'll learn about many of these techniques in a down-to-earth, easy to understand, and enjoyable way.
"It fascinates me, this language of ours, that is so malleable and expandable and hard! Ask anyone who’s had to learn English as a second language. English is hard!
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Yet it has rules that can be followed. It has right ways and wrong ways. It has awkwardness and clarity, and the trick is to figure out how to recognize both so you can avoid the first and master the second.
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And that, my friend, is why we’re here. Well, it’s why I’m here, and I hope it’s why you’re here as well—to help yourself avoid the stuff in English that hurts your use of it and to master the stuff that makes this complex language sing and makes readers of it write amazing reviews!"
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~Introduction, No Rules, Just Tools