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Category: The Writing Journey
National Sibling Day: Thoughts for Writing Prompts
The author invites you to consider the wide array of possibilities within a sibling relationship to add depth and motivation to your characters.
Top Five Recipes for 3.14 day AKA. Pie Day.
It’s 3.14 Day! Celebrate with five easy pie recipes for busy writers. Writer approved.
Valentine’s DIY Spa Day for Busy Writers
Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be just for romance. As busy writers, we often need some time to relax. This Valentine’s Day let’s show ourselves and our friends some love with a DIY spa day.
The Importance of Research in Writing
Research has a bad reputation. Some people might have topics which interest them that they can research with some enjoyment, but as a whole, research is one of those tasks we must simply get done. What if you are a fiction writer? I’m talking straight up fiction, not historical. You have simply created your own […]
Sneaky Prepositions: The Controversy of the Preposition Rule
I know that these grammar posts are likely to open me up for harsh ridicule. I am telling people that there are rules to learn, and there are many who get hostile when they are told there are standards. In fact, the source which prompted my writing this post spent most of their post mocking […]
“Conjunctions” or “The Marriage of Thoughts” Pt. 2
I would like to start part 2 of my conjunctions blog post by revisiting one of the examples in part 1. If you recall, I gave an example from English Grammar for Dummies by Geraldine Woods and showed how modern authors would “fix” a run-on sentence. Here is that portion of my previous post. “‘I […]
“Conjunctions” or “The Marriage of Thoughts”
I would like my first post about grammar to focus on a pet peeve of mine. There is a tendency in writing that has grown more and more pronounced with the passage of time. This tendency is for conjunctions to be used after a period, or in other words, at the beginning of a sentence. […]
Good Readers = Good Writers
I wonder how many of my readers have heard this saying before or a variation of it. I would like to clear up something right now, however. This does not mean that every good reader will be a good writer. Neither does this mean that there are not those who have a natural talent for […]
“One Vs. Multiple WIPs” or “Here, There, and Everywhere.”
How many of my readers know what WIP means? For those who are new to the abbreviations of the modern writing world; WIP stands for Work In Progress. There is actually some discussion going on as to whether it is better to have several WIPs going at one time or if writers should focus on […]