
Simply Stated: A Blog on Writing
Writing Tips, Resources, and Musings
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Let’s talk about commas.
A comma is a saw slicing a branch from a tree trunk.

I just want comfy jeans.
Reading, hiking, watching movie trailers, and deconstructing marketing campaigns: these are just a few of my favorite hobbies.

The Junk Drawer
Most writers’ processes are different (so I’ve been told). My process involves the junk drawer.

The Bind of Absolutes
I’ll never like to dance.
Absolute language seems like a good idea in the moment.

Colons are magical.
I’m not sure when this happened, but I’ve become the type of person who has a favorite piece of punctuation: the colon.