# Common Errors

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- Book: [Common Errors](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-gardner/common-errors) ([Common Errors.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-gardner/common-errors.md))
- Authors: [John Gardner](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-gardner)
- Publisher: Vintage
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-05-9308-219-5
- Published: 2019-10-29
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

A Vintage Shorts selection. In this chapter from his classic instructive handbook, The Art of Fiction, John Gardner illustrates the principles and techniques of good writing. Poor diction, confusing...