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Sarah Richards

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in Poplar Bluff, The United States
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I am Sarah—a lifelong Southern belle who will never put sugar in her grits.

I have been published in Bella Grace magazine, writersdigest.com, and my story, “The Ghoul of Whitmire Cemetery,” set in my hometown of Pensacola, Florida, was recognized as an Honorable Mention and published in The Saturday Evening Post’s “Great American Short Stories” anthology in 2016. “The Post-It Poet,” set at my alma mater of Pensacola State College (PSC), placed as an Honorable Mention in the 2019 contest, and “Office Space Cadets,” also set at PSC, placed as Honorable Mention in the 2022 contest.

My Amazon.com author page can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B08G7PDJFV

I am a writing expert for a global proofreading company and edit academic papers fo
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The three books that improved my writing

Strunk and White's "The Elements of Style" changed my writing (and maybe my life). I call it a hornbook for all writers. I applied its principles to my writing while working for my community college newspaper for several semesters. Elements helped me with conciseness (though I would still try to sneak in the Oxford comma because I believe such always adds clarity and balance).
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Published on July 24, 2022 10:43 Tags: creative-writing, editing, journalism, stephen-king, strunk-and-white
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