It was a rough morning trying to get up for school this morning. Then my bus was late, and it was freezing! But even after an intense indoor track workout, all ended well. I finally finished editing my Scholastic Art and Writing Awards entry! This is probably the fifth time I've tackled rewriting it (I'm very particular about making everything sound just right), but I'm finally happy about it and can't wait to send it off. Or it could just be because I'm tired of seeing it. Anyways, two more contests I'll have to find time for before Friday. Hopefully.
If you happen to rewriting something, I always...
-Read it out loud. Many times. Even after you change just one word. You can catch a lot of grammar mistakes that way. Plus it improves sentence fluency.
-Refer to Elements of Style. It's like the writing bible. Seriously, you have to live by it.
-Put it away for a couple days and come back to it. You will finally figure out a way to fix the passage that always sounded a bit awkward.
Later gators!
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