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The Elements of Style Blog

Essays on life, personal style, the writing process, and the eternal wisdom of Strunk & White.

Hotel California
Hotel California

That’s our country. The agony and the misogyny.

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Personal StyleMeryl FranzosDecember 18, 2024Comment
Better Read than Dead
Better Read than Dead

It was easy. Sweet. Kind. Quick. Poetic and unforgettable. Everything my first experience with sex wasn’t.

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writingMeryl FranzosJune 24, 2024Comment
Project Mayhem
Project Mayhem

“Out of thirty-four form rejections, I have received a single personal one: the Hallmark card of literary rejections. The situation is bleak indeed when your spirits are buoyed by this.“

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writing, Personal StyleMeryl FranzosJanuary 12, 2024Comment
Outfit of the Day
Outfit of the Day
Personal Style, writingMeryl FranzosNovember 6, 2023 Comments
Anthology: "No Vacancy"
Anthology: "No Vacancy"

“—the knowledge that my days of poring over my edit would come to an end in September 2021 haunted me.

I had to finish. If I couldn't cut the words and finish my novel during a pandemic, would I ever? “

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writing, AnthologyMeryl FranzosOctober 11, 2022 Comment
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