It's no one's place to say what constitutes as "bad" writing for anyone other than themselves. There are pieces of writing that can...

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In last week's Purposeful Prose post, I discussed the ways in which people value representations that they can impress some kind of...

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Recently, I've had to focus the majority of my criticisms on writers' openings. It's not a secret that the way in which a writer performs...

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