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9/3/19 Note to Workshop: Submission 1 Hello HELLO! Thank you guys so much for reading the start of my big project / fictional novel / demon child that haunts my dreams. I know the semester has just started, but I really think this is going to be an amazing wor... More »
Do you wish to write a satirical essay? Mind, it should be something original. If not, at least have the good sense to make it interesting. Don’t bore with more “ought.” The president ought to be honest, the government ought to be good, this essay ought ... More »
by David Comfort “Forget grammar and think about potatoes.” Gertrude Stein In 1918, Cornell professor, William Strunk, Jr., self-published The Elements of Style. In the introduction, his student, E.B. White, boasted that the 70-page primer fit “the rules... More »
Dr. Madrid at the Peoria Institute of Medical Research, PIMR, today announced the discovery of a new syndrome afflicting writers. Authors, probably because of their solitary nature, sedentary habits, and infrequent bathing are known to be susceptible to anothe... More »