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		<title>Elements of Nonfiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ann de Stefano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This list is not complete, but here are  elements I consider as I read and evaluate a nonfiction manuscript. Clarity: Is the writing clear? Concision: Do all elements move the work forward? Is the scope too broad or too narrow? Have you slashed out the weeds? Includes looking at: superfluous words; repetition; unconfident, qualifying words [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching to the Text Message</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ann de Stefano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tight writing is a skill worth developing. And by tight, I don&#8217;t mean drunk. I mean saying the most in the least amount of words. &#8220;When you have only a sentence or two, there’s nowhere to hide.&#8221; via NYTimes.com.]]></description>
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		<title>The Resistant Writer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ann de Stefano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A good copyeditor can win over a resistant writer. Approaching him as we would an abused puppy, we try to build trust. We ask intelligent questions that express understanding and respect. We assure him that our work will be transparent and the editing negotiable. We emphasize collaboration.&#8221; via “Leave My Prose Alone”: The Resistant Writer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One space, two space</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ann de Stefano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One space after the period or two spaces? This is one of the more hotly&#8211;and tediously&#8211;debated issues in writerly circles. (Another is the serial comma.) I&#8217;m a one-spacer myself. That&#8217;s  Chicago Manual of Style dictum, and I have been doing it ever since I read The Mac is Not a Typewriter more than fifteen years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did Jane Austen Need an Editor?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ann de Stefano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Was Jane Austen at heart an experimental writer rather than a polished stylist? Were some of her novels, including Emma and Persuasion, reshaped by an editor who cared more about proper punctuation and grammar than the author did? &#8220;Such notions would make some devotees of Austen&#8217;s much-praised style gasp. But the editor of a new [...]]]></description>
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