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		<title>Looking for a Plot? Read Some Fairy Tales.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Experts say there are only 20 or so master plots – that every story in the world is simply a variation of one of these plots. 
I’m not sure that’s right in every case. I’ve read some fairly bizarre stories that seem to be wholly unique. But the principle is true. I think it would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Writers Can Learn From Trail Signs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was hiking with my daughter when I saw the sign on the side of the trail. I quickly realized that the first sentence was not only for hikers. Its message was for writers.
 
The fact is, every year the world exacts a toll of writing victims from the unwary, the unprepared and the unfit….

Literary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thewritersbag.com/life_and_writing/what-writers-can-learn-from-trail-signs</link>
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		<title>Word Shot &#8211; 26 January, 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I loved the submissions for last week’s Word Shot, few though they were. (Check out what Tombo wrote. It should make you laugh out loud. Glanda&#8217;s might startle you with a O&#8217;Henry-like twist at the end, and Tim&#8217;s is a pleasure to read. Good for all of you!) You can read these comments here. 
Okay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thewritersbag.com/writing-rules/word-shot-26-january-2009</link>
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		<title>Embedding Sentences in Sentences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Only one of the following sentences is correct. Which?

I decided not to go to the inauguration; it would be incredibly crowded; with the rest of the committee. 
I decided not to go to the inauguration (It would be incredibly crowded.) with the rest of the committee. 
I decided not to go to the inauguration – [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thewritersbag.com/writing-rules/embedding-sentences-in-sentences</link>
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		<title>Test Your Knowledge of the Rules of Writing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are called to write in the line of work or want to make writing your career, you should know the basic rules of English usage. These rules are the foundation – the bedrock – of writing. People who want to write (or need to write to get ahead) and who don’t know the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thewritersbag.com/writing-rules/test-your-knowledge-of-the-rules-of-writing</link>
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		<title>Word Shot &#8211; 19 January, 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I hope you took the opportunity to read last week’s Word Shot submissions. One featured a well-crafted surprise that was nothing less than startling. Well done!
Here’s this week’s Word Shot: 
 
This appears to be be a photo of a grandfather showing some sort of family album or scrapbook to his two granddaughters. 
Boring. 
But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thewritersbag.com/word-shot-exercises/word-shot-19-january-2009</link>
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		<title>Why Every Writer Needs a Voice Recorder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Want to hear downtown Istanbul as it really is – as if you were walking along a crowded street in a bazaar at this very minute? 
Click here: Instanbul&#8217;s Spice Bazaar 
Did you hear the prayers being sung from the minarets, the customers haggling, the cars honking as they pushed through the narrow lanes? I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thewritersbag.com/writing-rules/why-every-writer-needs-a-voice-recorder</link>
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		<title>A Writing Rule That Drives Me Crazy &#8211; Please Help!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After decades of writing professionally, some issues still make me want to kick holes in my office wall. Maybe you can help me with one of them. Read the following sentence, which I pulled directly out of last Friday’s post.
… when writers should quit writing for the day and what they should do when they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thewritersbag.com/writing-rules/a-writing-rule-that-drives-me-crazy-please-help</link>
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		<title>Word Shot &#8211; 12 January, 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The submissions for last week’s Word Shot – the one with the police in riot gear – were wonderful. One made me laugh out loud. A few others were chilling. All were interesting. I hope you’ll read them. Just click here. As always, my thanks to those of you who participated. 
Here’ the photo for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thewritersbag.com/word-shot-exercises/word-shot-12-january-2008</link>
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