You’re speaking and your audience laughs unexpectedly. Not trying to be a comedian, you say, “What did I say that was funny?” They know. You don’t. Words that make perfectly…
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The old typewriter days are gone and so are some of the rules. Now we want only one space after a period. Since we have italics, underlining is a thing…
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Modern technology has made it possible for families to get together online during the holidays, but it’s just not the same as sitting together at the dinner table. Three families…
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Movies give us only sight and sound, but with words we can stir all five senses and deepen the emotion. Great words from False Memory by Dean Koontz: Crossing the…
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When we first step into writing, we naturally have our character act and talk like what we would do. But with training, we learn to become different people in our…
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Verbiage is the way we use words to express ourselves. With the skillful use of words, we can encourage, educate, or entertain. We can motivate a mob, speak peace to…
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Tripp and Tyler do a masterful job illustrating some bothersome aspects of email. What if email communication practices were common in real life? Here’s what those situation might look like:
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A writers group member dreamed that he would soon have a bestselling novel. He was admired by other group members because he had already written four novels. While writing his…
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October 27-28 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free Event in Irving, TX Writers sometimes make fatal assumptions like these: Readers want the answers that the author has discovered. Truths that are…
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Character is a critical key to becoming a person of quality, and it starts in the home!
