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What Can You Do With an English Degree? 11 More Career Paths to Consider! Part II of III
Check out 11 choice career paths that are perfect for English majors!

Megan Nega
Jan 1710 min read
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What Can You Do With an English Degree? 11 Career Paths to Consider! Part I of III
Check out 11 career paths that are perfect for English majors!

Megan Nega
May 27, 20247 min read
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5 Tips For Acing Your First Freelance Editing Contracts!
Much like venturing to write something on the blank page can feel petrifying, endeavoring to find your first freelance editing clients...

Megan Nega
Nov 13, 20226 min read
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An Interview With Up-And-Coming Writer Scott McGregor
An interview with up-and-coming writer Scott McGregor on writing, genre writing (horror), publishing, and more!

Megan Nega
Oct 23, 202011 min read
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A Writer's Guide to Dialogue & Dialogue Tag Formatting
The art of dialogue is critical to writing—dialogue is used in fiction, non-fiction, & poetry! Read on to learn some general dialogue rules.

Megan Nega
Oct 19, 20208 min read
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The Art of Skim-Reading: An English Major's Survival Skill
Skim-reading allows you to focus on the core ideas of a text, thus enabling you to understand the main argument at an accelerated pace.

Megan Nega
Oct 6, 20204 min read
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7 Crystals for the Editor's Desk
Editing is an art, a craft in its own right. In this post, read about 7 crystals editors can work with to enhance their editing practice!

Megan Nega
Oct 1, 20209 min read
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4 Ways to Avoid Moralizing When Writing Fiction and Poetry
What if I told you that there need not be any "moral" to the story at all? That in fact, there shouldn't be?

Megan Nega
Jul 26, 20204 min read
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Critical Review of "The Poppy War" by R.F. Kuang
I wanted to love this book. In fact, I started out loving it. But as I read through part 2 and 3, I fell out of love—fast.

Megan Nega
Jun 25, 202013 min read
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Competition vs Community: 5 Tips for Building a Writing Community
Community is the antidote to competition! Find out how to create community in this post in order to banish feelings of doubt and isolation.

Megan Nega
Jun 19, 20205 min read
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3 Reasons to Use "Said" When Writing Dialogue
We've all read dialogue that uses every word for said except said. Read this post to discover why you should use said!

Megan Nega
Jun 12, 20204 min read
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