Writing Skills
epub |eng | 2011-06-01 | Author:Nancy Ellen Dodd [Dodd, Nancy Ellen]

Exploring Ideas: Think of conceits in terms of an over arching metaphor. What metaphor could you use to tell your story? What might the conceit for this story look like ...
( Category: Writing Skills April 8,2016 )
mobi |eng | 2011-11-25 | Author:Strunk Jr., William

In spring, summer, or in winter In spring, summer, or winter (In spring, in summer, or in winter) Correlative expressions (both, and; not, but; not only, but also; either, or; ...
( Category: Writing Skills March 25,2016 )
epub |eng | 2015-06-22 | Author:James Scott Bell [Bell, James Scott]

2. Omniscient The opposite of First Person, from an intimacy standpoint, is the Omniscient POV. Here you can go into any head, float around from a large scale description down ...
( Category: Writing Skills March 13,2016 )
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2015-10-18 | Author:Lindstrom, Simeon [Lindstrom, Simeon]

It doesn’t really matter what “tips and tricks” you use – at the end of the day, you either write or you don’t. You either reach your goal, or you ...
( Category: Writing Skills March 12,2016 )
mobi, azw3, epub |eng | 2011-01-31 | Author:Morris, Roz [Morris, Roz]

Block busters block buster 1… Just write at random The most straightforward block buster is just to write. I write anything, I try things. I let the characters yammer away ...
( Category: Writing Skills March 8,2016 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Elster, Charles Harrington

Word 50: SPLENETIC (spluh-NET-ik) Irritable, ill-tempered; spiteful and morose; given to angry and impatient fits. You can imagine how many synonyms there are for a word that means irritable or ...
( Category: Vocabulary March 4,2016 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-10-09 | Author:Chris Fox [Fox, Chris]

Exercise #7- Set your alarm 15 minutes earlier than normal. Before you go to bed have your computer primed and ready. Use propinquity to make sure all you have to ...
( Category: Writing Skills March 4,2016 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-04-14 | Author:Denny Hatch [Hatch, Denny]

How the 800-year-old technique was used in 1980 In the mid-1970s, we lived next door to a couple who regularly watched the Rev. Robert Schuller’s Hour of Power. This Sunday ...
( Category: Writing Skills March 3,2016 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-09-21 | Author:Susan Reynolds [Reynolds, Susan]

When it Comes to Goals, Start Small Again, what’s most important is setting realistic goals whose accomplishment will create a feeling of success. You want to reward your brain for ...
( Category: Writing Skills February 29,2016 )
epub |eng | 2011-06-25 | Author:Val Kovalin [Kovalin, Val]

2.6 White Hair Typically, when blonds and redheads age into white hair, it will have a warm yellowish undertone. Brunets tend to age into white hair with a cool silvery ...
( Category: Writing Skills February 16,2016 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-02-09 | Author:Jeff VanderMeer [Vandermeer, Jeff]

• CURIOSITY. Nothing is more essential to a writer than an inquisitive nature — being curious about the world and the people in it. Curiosity reflects a willingness to be ...
( Category: Authorship February 10,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Louise DeSalvo

29. Hailstorms A few years ago, my husband and I were staying at a castle in Tuscany. This was a rustic place with few creature comforts—no heat, no air-conditioning, uneven ...
( Category: Writing Skills February 7,2016 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-11-13 | Author:Simon Garfield

For all her preoccupation with longing and loss, the loss of Emily Dickinson’s own letters didn’t concern her unduly; the fact that a small percentage of mail wouldn’t make it ...
( Category: Fiction February 2,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Stacey D'Erasmo

It isn’t until midway through the story that the first-person narrator reveals himself and reveals that he’s been narrating all along. He slips into a scene that at first doesn’t ...
( Category: Authorship February 1,2016 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-14 | Author:Ryan Andrew Kinder [Kinder, Ryan Andrew]

377. The elevator has been stuck for hours; you're in there with three people. The conversation is getting tense. 378. They say revenge is a dish best served cold. You've ...
( Category: Writing Skills January 24,2016 )