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Writing tip: Word repetition makes you look amateur. Here’s what to do about it.

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Writing tip: Word repetition makes you look amateur. Here’s what to do about it.

There are lots of ordinary words that we have to repeat as we write. They're building blocks, if you like, creating vehicles that carry along the more interesting words and phrases.

But repeating unique words, phrases or descriptions several times in a paragraph, or a page, or even a chapter, makes your writing seem stale.

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Point of View in your writing. Why it’s important, and why you must stay consistent.

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Point of View in your writing. Why it’s important, and why you must stay consistent.

POV is the way editors and experienced writers refer to 'Point of View', which is simply this: the viewpoint through which your story is told.

The most important thing I can say at this point, is that whatever Point of View you choose, you need to be consistent. 

 

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