Right about now, most of us are thinking of one thing — summer vacation! School books are put away, jeans and hoodies are exchanged for swim suits and flip-flops, and the list of all the fun things we want to do feels like a shiny, wrapped up package, waiting to be opened and enjoyed. But […]
Archives for 2011
Writing Lesson 2.34 – Advice on Becoming a Better Writer Over the Summer
May 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Writing Lesson 2.33 – Tools of the Trade
May 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Do you know how to properly use a keyboard? I’d say many of you type using the “hunt and peck” method. Over time, you think you’re proficient with a few fingers and know where the letters are, but the keyboard is designed to use all your fingers in the most efficient way. I’m not an […]
Writing Lesson 2.32 – Pass the Action, Please!
May 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In its most basic form, a sentence consists of a noun and a verb, an actor and an action, someone doing something. Jesus wept. The cat sat. A quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. We can extend this action by adding a direct object–something that carries the action. This structure tells us, in […]
Writing Lesson 2.31 – Putting the Bow on the Package
April 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
There’s something tremendously fulfilling in the moment you finish writing your story. You sigh with pleasure or scream with joy because somehow you know it’s the best one you’ve written. And through the sweat and sorting, you finished! But sooner or later you drift down off the bubble of wonder you’re floating on because, just […]
Writing Lesson 2.30 – Resurrect Your Reason for Writing
April 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Quick Reminder! Don’t forget our NOVELWritingSite Writing Contest deadline is May 1. Check the contest page for details! And now for our Regularly Scheduled post… 🙂 This is the day Christendom celebrates Good Friday, and in three days (by the traditional Jewish method of counting) we will celebrate Resurrection Sunday or Easter. I […]
