<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:06:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/revising/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Finding the Cracks in Your Writing]]></title><description><![CDATA[This time of year is when we do routine maintenance on the house. As I worked on the outside walls, scraping flaking paint and digging out crumbling plaster, it occurred to me that what I did there is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/editing/@bex-dk/findingthecracksinyourwriting-nop0uvhitr</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/editing/@bex-dk/findingthecracksinyourwriting-nop0uvhitr</guid><category><![CDATA[editing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bex-dk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 17:23:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2923mMxKEVjzteT6GJa2mfvb93avhVF6sPgCeUCgU67Yof8vPAEJWxnU3TFXTYn9yS4Qxs2GkjsuqwEtq2WAtd7mCCEji6xoTjL9b1vQ7aNVAN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revising]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it. 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The knowledge to restate the paragraph is a basic gift to understand how to prepare another]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tilphilippines/@lebron2016/paraphrasing-or-copy-pasting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tilphilippines/@lebron2016/paraphrasing-or-copy-pasting</guid><category><![CDATA[tilphilippines]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lebron2016]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:57:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdD7wx4BuuWcLDvVTuazFnkZyi9Df5B8t6v1ZAvg9c5u4DMB9wFkk7VFk2PKTMEgooYopoXAMTmzCcCu6ztAUVAve6uWT9AMSRPYR1paJuHftN5uXHLdpeMt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Line Edits Scare Me (and I'm an editor who red-inks others)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hypocrisy? Guilty. Inconsistency? I plead Walt Whitman. Too many words, too much description, too many details. Novice writers hear it all the time. 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