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Writing & Speaking
01st April 2008
Overview of the problem
Perhaps you’ve seen this mistake: “Walking down the street, the stroller lost a wheel.” This sentence implies that the stroller is walking down the street, which would be a very interesting sight, indeed. The problem ...
01st April 2008
Let us say from the start that writing, copy editing, and content editing are different and, as such, require unique skills. Writing is about getting ideas and content on paper. The primary task of writing is to determine what content to communicate. Copy...
01st April 2008
We feel sorry for the little apostrophe. It is so abused, so often made to do what it shouldn't and so often forgotten when needed. The apostrophe is a proud punctuation mark with specific purposes and does not deserve to be misused. Again and again we se...
01st April 2008
What is Nominalization?
The great thing about verbs is that they are interesting. Verbs provide most of the life to your writing. Nouns, on the other hand, are rather stoic creatures. However, many writers attempt to make their writing seem more...
01st April 2008
Internet Authors are like farmers, in that they plough their own furrow. They work alone, often separated from friends and family, wondering - like all writers - if the stories they are producing work will ever see the light of day. Still, they are driven...
01st April 2008
Nearly 81 percent of people say they have a book inside them. It’s in their hearts, minds, and soul; but unfortunately, it never seems to develop in pen.
Are we afraid of failure? Do we feel we just don’t have the time? Whatever the reason, we can...
31st March 2008
Do you ever feel like your life is whizzing by you to little consequence? Do you ever feel like you can’t even remember what you did last weekend let alone last year? Do you ever worry that your life is moving along – and that nobody, not even you, is...
31st March 2008
We sometimes lose the confidence through the wear and tear of life. This in turns hurts the chances of getting what we exactly need. This composition is about an individual seeing his life and worn down by what he sees, and a new arrival in the office sud...
31st March 2008
You've got a brilliant idea for an article, but your research is pulling up only scant information. What do you do? Dive into the Deep Web!
The Deep Web, or Silent Web as it's sometimes called, is a hidden resource that every writer should know about. ...
31st March 2008
Writing an ebook will be much easier if you use an outline and make a plan. By mapping out your writing in an easy to follow format, writing your ebook can be a much more simple process. Here are the steps to follow when writing an ebook.
Choose a ...
31st March 2008
All writing requires both creative thinking and technical proficiency. On the far technical side, you have the mechanics of writing, such as knowing how to apply punctuation and grammar rules. On the far creative side, you have the development of ideas an...
31st March 2008
One of the central tenets of marketing is that you should understand your target market segment--your intended customers. Who will buy your product or engage your service? What do those people want? What expectations do they have? How will they use your p...
31st March 2008
It is what it is, isn't it?
It's a bad habit to start sentences with it. It causes your readers to pause momentarily while they figure out what it is. It makes your sentences clumsy. It is true that doing so is an easy way t...
31st March 2008
We really like sentences that start with the conjunctions and, but, and or. But we don't like the way most writers do it. Every time you write a sentence that begins with these words, you create a sentence fragment, which is agains...
30th March 2008
i.e. vs. e.g.
Use i.e. , to re-name, restate, or to clarify, as in, “He fell out of the window, i.e., down.” This is an abbreviated Latin term (id est) that roughly translates as, “which is to say…” or “meaning…...
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