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Ready to add some interest and flair to your prose? Compare that to a webinar script where, even for an expensive product, it will come across as more casual (even as the speaker demonstrates authority on the topic). Looking for diction examples to inspire your next writing project? Which type of diction will you try first?
Barry: …just to try to sort of get him to take a copy. They read it, they liked it, they took some copies, those copies sold, they took some more copies, they sold. Maybe I could write a script for a comic, another comic.' This idea of using prose within comics. And I was like, ‘Okay.'.
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Deadline: January 31, 2023 Storytwigs Microfiction This is a fun, relaxed, free competition for extremely short pieces of prose (storytwigs). The winner of this contest will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, and ten copies of the book. Entries should be 100 words or fewer, and the prizes range from $10 to $100 dollars.
Deadline: January 31, 2023 Storytwigs Microfiction This is a fun, relaxed, free competition for extremely short pieces of prose (storytwigs). The winner of this contest will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, and ten copies of the book. Entries should be 100 words or fewer, and the prizes range from $10 to $100 dollars.
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