Katharine's Writer's Block

Avoid apostrophe catastrophes with these Lessons & Advice! In many relationships, possessions end up either under new ownership or...

Bonus content is an awesome feature of most DVDs and Blu-ray discs! While the movie or show is the main content of the medium, of course,...

How does a prepared food dish end up less enjoyable than it could be, if not ruined altogether? Too much flavor could have been used or...

I can’t come up with any cooking analogies for this topic this time; home construction lent itself better to the discussion.  Most...

To the average Joe, the term show-and-tell might conjure up memories from early school days when they or classmates brought special items...

Writers go by many identities: authors, bloggers, journalists, essayists, novelists, poets, critics, playwrights...but a couple less...

A cooking hobbyist may read cookbooks to learn new recipes or techniques. In the same way, a writer is suggested to read to improve their...

In my writing experiences, my stories tend to start with a few ideas. For instance, I want to: set a story in a magical Christmas town. ...

Think of the different food styles you know: Mexican, Italian, Mediterranean, Chinese, American, homestyle, seafood, fast food, desserts...essays exist in the same way. What you’re intending to express in an essay has an appropriate style and format to use. The basic essay types that most learn are: argumentative/persuasive - as the name implies, this kind of essay attempts to argue or persuade certain points on an issue. (The art of persuasion is an upcoming post!) descript