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Tag: Ross MacDonald

3 Ways to add Wordplay to your Writing

August 21, 2018 Kirsti Call

“The writer has to take the most used, most familiar objects — nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs — ball them together and make them bounce.” —

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