Semicolons: because sometimes a period just seems too final, and a comma doesn’t always pull its weight. Semicolons are here to step in when you’ve got two complete thoughts that are way too dependent on each other to be split apart, but you’re also not ready for them to go off on their own. It’s … Continue reading How to use semicolons without trying too hard to be cool
Clear and comfortable vision is crucial for your writing practice; without it, pursuing your passion becomes much more challenging. Despite knowing this, most writers do not totally understand facts in relation to vision loss and blindness that can affect how you care for your eyes. For instance, 81% of Americans believe they’re knowledgeable about eye … Continue reading Why Eye and Vision Care Are Crucial For Your Writing Practice
Ah, character descriptions—the holy grail of fiction writing where the faint-hearted dare not tread. If you’re a writer, you’ve probably spent countless hours trying to perfect this delicate art. And if you’ve read enough books, you’ve likely encountered the full spectrum: from descriptions so sparse you’d need a microscope to find them, to epic tomes … Continue reading Common Mistakes Writers Make with Character Descriptions (and How to Avoid Them)
When working in the digital environment, communications hold the key and hence Safe Document Sharing is the key to success. The issue is most sensitive for writers because they invest a lot. No matter if you are writing a book, creating a research paper, or contributing to the team, safe and convenient file sharing is … Continue reading Sharing Made Simple: How Writers Can Safely Use WeTransfer for Document Sharing
The Oxford comma is without a doubt the most hotly debated grammar topic of all time. There have even been court cases about it. People argue constantly over whether or not you should use the Oxford comma. Here is the simple answer: I recommend always using it because there is never a time that using … Continue reading Why you should always use the Oxford comma
I’ve made a lot of mistakes as a writer. When I was first trying to get my writing published, I had no clue what I was doing. And this was back in the day when the majority of publications only accepted submissions via mail, so every mistake I made cost me time, stamps, envelopes, and … Continue reading Mistakes writers make when trying to get published
We're about to talk about the worse grammatical mistake in history. There’s a funny thing about possessive pronouns. They don’t use apostrophes. Even the ones that end in 's.' Here are the possessives pronouns you probably use a lot: Mine, yours, theirs, ours, his, hers, whose. Oh, and then there are these things called possessive … Continue reading Why do people say I’s? Please don’t ever use this abomination of a word.
Whether you’re a brand new writer or a seasoned veteran with a handful of bestsellers to your name, there’s one thing that’s inevitable: writer’s block. Every writer struggles with writer’s block. Even great writers deal with this dreaded condition. Whether you’re writing for work or pleasure, writer’s block can set in at nearly any time … Continue reading How to Get Over Writer’s Block – 17 Proven Tips
Note: No part of this post was written by, edited, or reviewed by any AI writing tools. With the rise of artificial intelligence writing tools, many people have started letting AI do all the work for them. Unfortunately, this includes short story writers and novelists who are trying to make a quick buck without doing … Continue reading Can you submit your AI-generated story for publication
If you tell anyone you're a writer, you are bound to get a lot of opinions. Most of those opinions stink. Unfortunately, many of them can be harmful to aspiring writers. Even though everyone reads (or at least has read at some point in their life), it often feels like people don't have a lot … Continue reading 15 Myths About Writing
