It takes a lot of guts to write about writing confidence. In my case, it also took a lot of pacing, second-guessing and rewriting. Confidence, in writing and anything else, is an elusive thing that comes mostly from trial and error, perceptible growth, positive...
If I were a morning person, I would be able to get in an exercise routine before my kids get up and go to school. (I suppose you could say I am partially a morning person, but I just have a bad habit of procrastinating.) I am expressing this wish to rise early in a...
The importance of skillful writing has most certainly become more apparent nowadays. Well-written blog posts, speeches, advertisements, TV shows or instruction manuals can be invaluable to businesses. No matter what kind of writing you want to do, there’s a...
Misspelling words can be embarrassing, especially when you do something comical like swap an O for a U in the word coop. A “chicken coop” is very different than a “chicken coup.” Fortunately, spelling struggles are not a terminal condition. There are a few ways to...
In a world where using singular “they” is becoming more commonplace, subject-complement agreement can sometimes get quite confusing. It is important to remember that although singular “they” is quite popular in the spoken word, there are still writing styles that...
Few things are worse to a writer than being taunted by a blank screen or page. You wrack your brain trying to dislodge a solid idea, only to find your muse has gone on sabbatical without telling you. I’ve found myself in this scenario more than a few times, and...
