How much time do writers spend actually writing? Well…the truth is, it’s probably not as often as you think. Here are four things that can discourage or derail writers: 1. Dealing with English Let’s just take a minute to appreciate how difficult English is. Sometimes the hardest thing about writing is getting around all the […]
Write Winning Sentences: 7 Tips to Vary Your Sentence Structure
Vary your sentence structure. How many times have you heard you have to vary your sentence structure? What does that mean? How do we do it? Well, you have come to the write place! Today we talk about seven different sentence openers we can employ to avoid dull writing. Also, just going to say: Andrew […]
5 Reasons to Write Even if You’re Not a Writer
Life gives us so many reasons to write. But we so often cripple ourselves with this excuse: “I’m not a writer.” I hear way too often from people who think that amazing facts about writing, English, or grammar are neat but not really for them. It’s sad because it’s limiting. Just because you don’t classify […]
Using Literary Devices to Create Words of Art
Part of what makes language incredible is that we can play around with words and phrases and make them pretty while still getting our point across. And we can do that by using literary devices. (Click here for a complete list of them!) Words create sentences; sentences create paragraphs; sometimes paragraphs quicken and begin to […]
3 Ways to Make Your Academic Writing Creative
Today we address the most exciting, earth-shatteringly-amazing, raise-your-hands-and-rejoice writing topic ever: academic writing. Wait, what? Exciting? Don’t you mean boring? You’re right—academic writing (think nonfiction, research, educational) is easily stiff and formal, and what’s so exciting about that? Well, here’s the thing. It may be formal, but it doesn’t have to be boring. If we […]
The Greatest Writing Rule of All Time
It’s time to tackle the greatest writing rule of all time. Can you guess what it is from the quote below? Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” ~ Anton Chekhov “Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken […]
