Writer’s Wisdom

John wrote with confidence, aware of his superb ability for assembling great sentences with concrete nouns and active verbs. Because of many hours spent in research, he knew everything that…

By some estimates, less than 20 percent of communication is found in the words spoken. Some 80 percent of our understanding of what others say comes from facial expressions, tone…

Contrary to what grammar-checkers sometimes believe, a comma usually precedes ‘because” as a trailing clause. The trailer is separate from the truck. Sometimes, the comma doesn’t matter much. But at…

In conversation, we use some words interchangeably, as if they meant the same thing. But if synonyms meant exactly the same thing, we wouldn’t need different words, would we? If…

People may not stop to think about their interests, but they have them. What they want will determine whether they will read your story or spend their time doing something…