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"As a reviewer your job is more to report than to make an aesthetic judgement... Love the medium they are reviewing...don't give away too much of the plot...use specific detail."
— May 07, 2015 03:57PM
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Jaime
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"True wit, however, is rare, & a thousand bared arrows fall at the feet of the archer for every one that flies... But to say why you think a play is good, in words that don't sound banal, is one of the hardest cheese in the business."
— May 07, 2015 03:51PM
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"Good writing has an aliveness that keeps the reader reading from one paragraph to the next, and it's not a question of gimmicks to "personalize" the author. It's a question of using the English language in a way that will achieve the greatest clarity and strength."-- I think I praised m's technique in my review, because these reasons.
— May 07, 2015 02:56PM
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"Its sentences highlighted in yellow. They apologize for the mess. I love the mess."
— May 07, 2015 01:26PM
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GRE prep work. Rec by m. Pierce Found a sweet sticker inside. Used books!
— May 07, 2015 01:19PM
