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What Shapes the Writer You Become? (opens the original)
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Join us on September 28 for the next installment of our alumni conversation series, as three alums come together to talk about the influences, experiences, and creative practices that have shaped their work.We’ll explore how their backgrounds in theater, hip-hop music, and visual art have become foundational to their writing—and what happens when different artistic practices begin to inform, challenge, and transform one another.These conversations take place live on Zoom throughou
Let’s talk about the comma (opens the original)
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And that sentence you’ve reread seventeen times because something feels off, but you can’t quite figure out what.After however many years of writing, most of us still have those moments. Is that technically a complete sentence? Can I put a comma there? What exactly is a semicolon doing? And perhaps more importantly: when can I break the rule because breaking it makes the writing better?That’s why PACT is very excited to bring you:A Language Lover’s Guide to Copyed
The Greatest Minds (opens the original)
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Pub Drawl (opens the original)
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A Language Lover’s Guide to Copyediting (opens the original)
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After however many years of writing, do you still find yourself wondering if that comma really belongs there, whether that’s technically a complete sentence, or the proper function of a semicolon?Learning how to edit and polish your own work allows you to present yourself more professionally and to elevate the impact of your writing. Clean copy allows your voice to come through unimpeded by the distractions of basic mistakes.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.
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