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Three Dirty Birds Talk Exposition

The Dirty Birds are chirping about James Scott Bell and Exposition. Kate: I thought it was ironic that the chapter on exposition was one of the shortest in the book. 🙂 Zoe: It really was very short. Does he not know we need to fill up a discussion here? Ana: It’s like he doesn’t...

Three Dirty Birds on Character

Three Dirty Birds are talking Character today with James Scott Bell’s Revision and Self-Editing for Publication (2e). Kate: So much wonderful in this chapter, it’s definitely not a skimmer. There’s stuff in this chapter that I’m definitely going to apply (if the day job ever calms down enough to let me write again). Ana:...