In reading about rhetoric, I'm confronted by an uncomfortable thought: Every word you use should be there for a reason. As a writer who works in first drafts and rough edits (!), you can understand why this thought made me panicky. I don't dedicate that level of attention to my writing, though I wish I … Continue reading On synonyms
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Getting tired of “times like these”
In the past several weeks, I've had to do quite a bit of what I think of as "big picture" writing. "Big picture" writing is writing—usually in someone else's voice—where you step back from the everyday, take the pulse of things, and then attempt to say something about it all that is general but also … Continue reading Getting tired of “times like these”
Taylor Coe 