In the last post, I said we were going to talk about rule-breaking. I’m not going to break that promise. And I promise these tips won’t break your writing. So let’s get to it and discuss a few grammar rules you can break! Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade, just as painting does, […]
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 […]
A Writer’s Favorite Dinosaur
Just as there are indispensable tools for construction projects, utensils for kitchen adventures, and equipment for dog show matches, there are invaluable items that should always be handy in your writer’s toolbox (or bookshelf, whatever you want to call it…). Here are two essential writing tools: The Thesaurus What’s another word for thesaurus?” ~ Steven Wright The answer to this […]
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 […]
Avoiding the Grammar Police: Part 2
In our last article, we talked about how to avoid the grammar police in our conversation. Today we discuss three mistakes to avoid in our written grammar. English is a difficult language. It can be understood through tough, thorough thought, though.” ~ Unknown 1. For Their Sakes, Use the Correct “There”! (They’re always watching, after all…) […]
