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Daniel Reisel: “even the best writers make these mistakes, but you can’t afford to. The way manuscripts are thrown into the Rejection pile on the basis of early mistakes is a crime. Don’t be a victim.”

Here is his top-ten list of mistakes:

  1. Repeats
  2. Flat writing
  3. Empty adverbs
  4. Phony dialogue
  5. No-good suffixes
  6. The “to be” words
  7. Lists
  8. Show, don’t tell
  9. Awkward phrasing
  10. Commas

Read the whole thing to see examples and explanation.

HT: @PJ_Schreiner

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