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Nink ~ Authoring Authenticity: Best Ways to Research Diverse Characters

This article, written by Vanessa Riley, is from the February 2023 edition of Nink, the monthly newsletter of Novelists, Inc. (NINC). Nink, which is packed each month with informative articles for career novelists, is a benefit of NINC membership. Although often [...]

By Laura Resnick|2023-02-04T20:29:14-05:00February 19, 2023|Categories: February 2023, Nink|Tags: characterization, craft, DEI, diversity, resarch, self-editing, Writing|Comments Off

Nink ~ Code-Switching: More Than Just Slang

In today’s fast-paced society, it’s extremely common to shorten or truncate language in order to get a message across quickly and efficiently. We can see this penchant for abbreviation in things like the 250-character tweet or text messages filled with linguistic [...]

By Laura Resnick|2022-07-04T17:51:54-04:00July 5, 2022|Categories: July-2022, Nink|Tags: AAVE, characterization, craft, dialogue, diversity, inclusion, language, marginalized communities, self-editing, vernacular, Writing|Comments Off