Writing Lessons & Advice: Spelling
Those who know me well know I love the Peanuts comics and specials! I’m most familiar with the holiday episodes so I’m expanding my horizons by delving into the other features; one of which is the 1969 film A Boy Named Charlie Brown. The premise of this story is that Charlie Brown surprises everyone by progressing through some major spelling bee competitions. During his preparatory studies, Charlie, Linus, and Snoopy break out into a song, aptly titled “I Before E Except afte
Writing Lessons & Advice: Idioms and Cliches
An illustrated example of an idiom; definition and more are given below So, my husband created this spicy rub for chicken wings using black pepper, red pepper, chili and garlic powder. I discovered at some point that most of his blend also concocts taco seasoning--just in more measured helpings or it kicks as hard as the wings can! Much like with cooking, writing/communication can be “spiced up” with good helpings of word choice and detail development. This idea was previous
