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Slapstick films are funny in most countries but humour in prose is not a good traveller

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RT @booksquirm Leading UK kids writers upset http://tinyurl.com/l38pxg Less fuss abt 3m UK kids living in poverty http://tinyurl.com/l75uoz

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Using sustainable development to mean long-running return on investment is just wrong

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Utilize is not a posh word for use - engineers I'm talking to you - it has a different meaning and two syllables more than you need

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What then how. This car is the most… yeh yeh yadda yadda. 150 miles to the gallon (now I got your attention) because this car is the most…

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Hyphenated words link two existing words to form a new one. Hyphenating a pair that have already merged is time traveling backwards.

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No space to RT @Quotes4Writers on Vonnegut bears; will have to get t-shirt made instead.

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Yup! RT @WeberBooks Fiction writers: save time and money with professional editors http://is.gd/1cpa6 (via @JaneFriedman, @thecreativepenn )

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RT @booksquirm RT @mrdannyglover Help @Jason_Pollock film The Youngest Candidate. Tweet: #TYC to show support. http://twurl.nl/l3bxzz

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Opening with a bunch of jokes about what you are not only works if your audience knows you very well already. Accountants, I mean you.

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Networking is like grammar: it's only polite. It's part of getting involved and helping out.

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Joining a Twitter group. http://twibes.com/writers-editors?v=1 - What twibes do you belong to?

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Just joined a twibe. Visit http://bit.ly/11G9oN
to join

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Unless you're writing a FAQ, using questions as subheadings can feel a bit like watching your dad dancing to your ipod.

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'It was decided' sounds like I'm reading your statement to the court. 'We made the decision to' sounds like you know what you're doing.

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Capital solipsists: as a librarian I spelled librarian with a capital L but I wouldn’t have spelled baker with a B or teacher with a T.

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A shower of synopses today; not too tricky when I’ve worked on the final edit. Highlight the best line on each page and whittle from there.

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Jargon: ETP expansion requirement. Colloquial: too many bums, not enough pots. Better: We are increasing the size of our sewage works.

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Anyone for: Transition the work package to accelerate execution? How about: Move the work to where we can do it more quickly?