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Workshop feedback uses both words and they seem to be used interchangeably, sometimes in the same sentence about the same paragraph. I have been told to develop my voice and to vary my style without being told how they…

I recorded a real conversation and transcribed it, hoping to learn how people actually speak. The transcript is unreadable, full of repetition and half sentences, and nothing like good dialogue in novels. So realistic…

My workshop keeps writing "show don't tell" on my drafts, so I replace "she was angry" with half a page of clenched jaws and slammed doors. Then the note becomes that the pacing has gone. It seems like I can be concise…