E. E. Knight on common writing blunders

E. E. Knight has a great list of common writing blunders to avoid.  Some of these are targeted specifically at science fiction and fantasy, but most are relevant to all genres.

I believe in paying it forward, so sometimes I take a look at amateur manuscripts. I imagine I’ll keep doing it until some ballsack Balzac sues me for having a character named Tom when they also had a character named Tom.

It’s amazing how many of the same mistakes you see over and over again. Different authors, same flaws.

Anyway, here’s a list of errors I (and some editors I know) see over, and over, and over again, ad desperandum. Plus a few that maybe just bug me. Feel free to add your own in comments…

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