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Like People but Not People?
I explain the difference between two literary devices or terms used often in fiction: personification and anthropomorphization!
Avondale Kendja
Jun 19, 20213 min read
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Think On It!
How to Write Thoughts in your Fiction Writing I like to think that quality writing is mostly technique and patience (duh). In fiction,...
Avondale Kendja
Mar 5, 20213 min read
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What to Do, What to Do, with Homophones and Homonyms? (And Why they all Sound the Same)
And in both new and long-working writers' work, I've personally noticed that many lexical errors come more from confusion over homophones th
Avondale Kendja
Feb 5, 20212 min read
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Style Guides! and Why Are We Using Them?
ACS---The American Chemical Society
Avondale Kendja
Dec 30, 20201 min read
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Figurative Language; The Important Ingredient in Fantastical Concoctions
Onomatopoeia: a word that sound like the thing they refer to or describe words may become onomatopoeic in the context of a poem or novel
Avondale Kendja
Dec 4, 20203 min read
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Intern Work in Publishing: Reader's Reports
Did long sections and shorter ones alternate, or was most of the novel bits of info--and for the tone and theme of the novel, whatever mood,
Avondale Kendja
Nov 26, 20203 min read
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"Au Naturale"--An Unedited and Discursive Article of Mine
The following is an unfortunate piece I wrote for my first blog at Wordpress.com. Take it as proof of the necessity of developmental/line...
Avondale Kendja
Aug 15, 20203 min read
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