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Lost for Words?
Weasel Words?
Clichés?
Grammar?
Dialects?
Metaphors?
Lost in translation?
Signs of the Times?
Going the
Distance
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Color Me
What?
Body Language?
Got Personality?
Research? (updates)
The Big Idea?
Poetry?
What's up Doc?
What's in a Name?
What a Picture!
The Sound of Things
What's for supper?
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Lost
for Words?
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Links below may help when the cat has got
your tongue.
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archaic:
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Save
the Words
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acronyms: |
All Acronyms - The Largest and Most Comprehensive Acronyms and Abbreviations Dictionary
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banished:
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Five Words You Can Cut
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LSSU's 36th annual List of Banished Words goes viral
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beautiful:
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The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English
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phrases: |
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How
to Title Your Book
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Incurable
Disease of Writing
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Oppostive
Words
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Phrase
and word origins
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Phrase Finder
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The
Phrase Finder
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Word
Hippo
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just the
right words:
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Six
Ways to Instantly Find the Right Words
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2010's New Words
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Synonyms
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Transition words
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meanings: |
dictionary.com
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Google
Dictionary
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HotForWords
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incredibly
fast dictionary
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merriam-webster.com
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MyDictionaryDotCom
Channel
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OneLook
Dictionary Search
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sensagent
- Get definitions, synonyms, derivatives, phrases, semantic net,
Wikipedia and Merriam-Webster definitions.
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Wiktionary
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wordnik
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word tools: |
Word
Count Tool
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Weasel Words?
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What are they? Why they are to be
avoided. Links below:
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Avoid
Weasel Words at Work
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Origin of
the Weasel Word
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Weasel
words
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Cliches?
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Why did Shakespeare use so many of them?
( It's a joke. ;) )
Avoid them. Links below:
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Avoid
Clichés
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Cliché
Finder
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Clichés
by Letter
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Grammar?
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Grammar? Spelling?
Punctuation? Links below:
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Ten
Words You Need to Stop Misspelling
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Grammar
101
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Grammar
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Grammar
Bytes! Grammar Instruction with Attitude
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The
Grammar Girl's Channel
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Irregular
Verbs: Lay and Lie
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How
to use a semicolon
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National Punctuation Day
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Some Perennial Grammar Questions
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Dialects?
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Foreign? Domestic? Links below:
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A
Historical Dictionary of American Slang
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The
Online Slang Dictionary
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The
very Best of British
(The American's Guide
to Speaking British)
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Metaphors?
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Links below:
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Top
10 Metaphors of 2008
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Lost in
Translation?
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Links to free on-line translators below:
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Bing
Translator
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Google
Translator
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Signs of
the Times?
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Links below may help getting the times,
datelines, timelines, signs of the times, dates, signs in the
heavens, hours, whatever, etc.
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Astronomical Applications — Naval Oceanography Portal
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Calendar
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Calendars, holidays and date calculators
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The
calendar: Old Style, New Style, other styles
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Canonical
Hours
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Historical-Modern
Calendar Elements in Transition
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In
the 70s
In
the 80s
In
the 90s
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Movies
- listed by date of release
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ORDINAL DATE AND GMT
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The
People History Blog
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Timelines
of History
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Going the
Distance?
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Links below may help gauging distance,
traveling time, etc.
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Reference Chart: Realistic Travel Times
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Color Me
What?
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Some of these links may suggest some subtle
shades.
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HTML
Color Names
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List
of Colors
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Sortable
Color Name Chart
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Body
Language
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Actions speak louder than words.
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Body
language
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Body
Language Explained
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Decoding,
Interpreting Body Language
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Using
Body Language
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Got
Personality?
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Some help for your
characters to stay in character.
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10 Things Every Woman Should Know About a Man's Brain
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10
Tips to Reveal Your Character’s Character
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Bad
Bosses: What Kind Are You?
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The
Character Therapist
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Characterization
- Show, Don't Tell
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Jung
Typology Test
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MBTI
Basics
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The
Men's Guide to Female English
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Myers
Briggs Personality Type
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The
Playboy - Character Stereotypes
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Psychological
Type Profiles
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What
Makes a Character?
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What Motivates Your Character?
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Research?
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What's hot? What's
not? What's true? What's not? Facts?
Fiction?
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Answers.com
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ChaCha:
Questions & Answers
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Google
Trends
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iwas
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Kidipede
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Listverse
- ultimate top 10 lists
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* updates * |
Online
Encyclopedia - Britannica
(1911)
*
NEW *
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Q
& A
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Snopes.com
(Rumor has it...)
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* updates * |
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ThinkQuest
*
NEW *
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Wikipedia
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The Big
Idea?
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Can't think. Brain
dumb. Inspiration won't come .....
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12 Nature-Inspired Creative Writing Prompts : Writing Forward
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Thirteen Writing Prompts.
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15 Yummy Creative Writing Prompts : Writing Forward
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25 Brainstorming
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Brainstorming
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Where
Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson
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Poetry?
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What
is Poetry?
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What's up
Doc?
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Some help for writing about
characters with medical conditions..
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Healthline
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How
to Write a Hospital Scene in Your Novel
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Writing Realistic Injuries
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What's in a
Name?
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A rose by any other name would smell as
sweet ...
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The Hot Word
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is
this your name?
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Top ten things you should not do when you’re naming a character
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What a
Picture!
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A picture says a 1000 words ... good and bad ....
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Against Promotional Author Photographs
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The Sound
of Things
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Words speak in many ways ....
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Written
Sound
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What's for
supper?
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How do you describe indescribably delicious ...
or not?
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Describing food - World Food and Wine
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Back, back,
back, back
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Back to Books:
click here
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