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The interesting thing about these quotes is that some of them seem to contradict each other. But different contexts call for different advice, and since writing is all about mastery ...

Below are mostly rewrites (from memory) of things I have said to other people on YWS - by chat / review / PM - or, more rarely, something particularly memorable ...

One of my all-time favourite poems by Johanna Aitchison that appeared in NZ's top lit mag two years ago (she is the former President of NZ Poetry Society, and 2010 ...

I'm not really sure that copycatting is the best word. After all, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and all, and these days an 'original' idea - an idea ...

Erm. Are you sure you want to have a name in the book that can be pronounced in a variety of ways? Would it not be easier to stick to ...

This is great - showing not telling, and going beyond that - I definitely agree with it. I have not browsed around this forum for long enough to know what ...