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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


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


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


Style Guides! and Why Are We Using Them?
ACS---The American Chemical Society
Avondale Kendja
Dec 30, 20201 min read


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


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


"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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