https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewchannel.php?catid=3274 2022-01-03T07:47:53Z https://www.snipit.org/images/scissors.gif https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewchannel.php?catid=3274 Snip!t channel - Alan Dix: Channels > writing LibreShot.com (former freepix.eu) is a project that cont... photos for private and commercial use. All photos and th... made by me and you can use my photos without attribution... really appreciate a link to Libreshot 🙂 https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1651001 https://libreshot.com/about-libreshot/ 2022-01-03T07:47:53Z When writing the abstracts for journal articles, most sc... similar advice: keep it short, dry, and simple. But a ne... 1 million abstracts finds that many of these tips backfi... abstracts cited less than their long, flowery, and jargo... https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1472626 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150430191026.htm#.VUc49KCglaM.facebook 2015-05-05T12:24:13Z https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1456309 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-anthony-jones/forgotten-words_b_5985494.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000043&ir=Science 2014-10-21T22:40:41Z https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1403469 http://m.chronicle.com/article/Why-Academics-Writing-Stinks/148989/?utm_content=buffer24fc1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 2014-09-28T13:00:49Z How J.K. Rowling Plotted Harry Potter with a Hand-Drawn ... in Books, Writing | July 1st, 2014 Leave a Comment JK-Rowlings-Phoenix-Plot-Outline At the height of the Harry Potter novels’ popularity, ... https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1377564 http://www.openculture.com/2014/07/j-k-rowling-plotted-harry-potter-with-a-hand-drawn-spreadsheet.html 2014-07-02T16:05:20Z Are some fonts more believable than others? A curious ex... documentary filmmaker Errol Morris suggests as much. Aft... approximately 45,000 unsuspecting readers on nytimes.com... that subjects were more likely to believe a statement wh... in Baskervi https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=832117 http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670556/are-some-fonts-more-believable-than-others 2012-08-20T21:27:06Z Are there certain typefaces that compel a belief that th... are written in are true? https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=832115 http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/hear-all-ye-people-hearken-o-earth/ 2012-08-20T21:26:02Z https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=749594 http://www.fuelyourwriting.com/you-dont-publish-a-book-you-give-birth-to-it/ 2012-04-09T04:33:16Z What really matters is:– 1. Always try to use the language so as to make quite cl ... 2. Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vagu ... 3. Never use abstract nouns when concrete ones will do. ... ... t when you want to talk about something r https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=747745 http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/04/c-s-lewis-on-writing.html 2012-04-06T17:25:10Z Storytelling is a buzzword with lots of different interp... the internet is killing stories, or it’s the best thin... them since the printing press.

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