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Writing for children

Writing for children

Rydia: Three authors on how to write for an audience with short attention spans...

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One Handed Writing is Better?

One Handed Writing is Better?

Rydia: Canadian study reveals that one-handed typing simultaneously slows output and expands vocabulary.

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Check out Proselint

Check out Proselint

Rydia: Proselint is a work-in-progress tool which detects where your writing style is at its weakest.

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No Review Needed Poetry Thread

No Review Needed Poetry Thread

Aley: Home of poems that don't need reviews, just an audience

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Crossword Plagiarism

Crossword Plagiarism

Nate: From 538: A Plagiarism Scandal in the Crossword World

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Random Map Generator

Random Map Generator

Rosendorn: Need a map for your fantasy world? Look no further!

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Linguistics and Dialogue

Linguistics and Dialogue

Pompadour: A wonderful article by RacheDrache on writing good dialogue.

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Writing

Writing

Nate: Speakerskat on why she is a writer.

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Writing With Color

Writing With Color

Rosendorn: Writing With Color is dedicated to helping writers respectfully represent different ethnicities

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Writing Blind Spots

Writing Blind Spots

niteowl: "The Single Most Important Thing You Can Do to Make Your Writing More Awesome"

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Writers' Communities

Writers' Communities

TriSARAHtops: YA author on the importance of having literary communities for writers

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Shakespeare Adaptations

Shakespeare Adaptations

TriSARAHtops: Some films that you might not realise are based on Shakespeare.

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Hip Hop and Shakespeare

Hip Hop and Shakespeare

TriSARAHtops: A Ted talk about the links and similarities between what would seem like two opposites

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Shakespeare's Complete Works

Shakespeare's Complete Works

Aley: All of Shakespeare's work is online for free.

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Shakespearean insults

Shakespearean insults

TriSARAHtops: Next time you're looking for an insult, try one of these

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— Mark Twain