Writing Lessons & Advice: Elements of Strong Writing
A pop cultural debate that surfaces around the end of the year is what makes a movie fall into the Christmas category. Many rightfully fit in because they center on characters, images, or buzzwords connected to the holidays. Others hone in on values or themes like tradition, life, love, joy, peace, charity, and sometimes spirituality. More still, some flicks are considered Christmassy simply for having a scene or plot set on Christmas Eve or Day (Looking at you, Die Hard !).
Writing Lessons & Advice: Common Writing Errors
One of my aims with Writing Lessons & Advice is to give you plenty of direction on what to do in and with your writing. In this post,...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Types of Verbs
Illustration from "Schoolhouse Rock" segment on verbs. Video clip in sources. The insights into living life are a dime a dozen: “We make...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Writing Numbers
Happy New Year! At the start or end of a year, we often like to take stock of our goals, accomplishments, or other accruements during our...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Myths on Writing
I recently learned the old show, Mythbusters , is one of my husband’s favorites. He was home more often over the summer for reasons I’ll keep private and discovered it's available on Amazon Prime. So streaming his old favorite show was one of the ways he liked to pass time and how we’d spend some nights together. For those unfamiliar, Mythbusters was a science-oriented program that ran on the Discovery Channel from 2003 to 2016. In each episode, hosts Adam Savage, Jamie Hynem
Writing Lessons & Advice: Noun Types and Subject-Verb Agreement
I was listening to a Grammar Girl podcast a while ago, and she discussed how different types of nouns exist. I had not thought about that...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Standard English
Reading, spelling, and writing and Standard English go hand-in-hand. In the double-negatives lesson , I alluded to the idea of Standard...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Double-Negatives
This lesson will be running shortly before my second wedding anniversary! In honor of another wonderful milestone, I’m again drawing inspiration directly from the love of my life, more particularly a language habit of mine that’s become a pet peeve of his: double-negatives. While English classes were not his favorite subject, one thing he retained from them was a rule discouraging their use. I’ve decided to refresh my own memory on the issue and here’s what I found. A double
