Summer is here! It’s tempting to sleep late, play games, watch TV, or waste yourself in your favorite way. I can relate. I’m not the person to talk to you about time management. Well, maybe I am since it’s a problem for me. I frequently get lost … [Continue reading]
Writing Lesson 2.34 – Advice on Becoming a Better Writer Over the Summer
May 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Right about now, most of us are thinking of one thing -- summer vacation! School books are put away, jeans and hoodies are exchanged for swim suits and flip-flops, and the list of all the fun things we want to do feels like a shiny, wrapped up … [Continue reading]
Writing Lesson 2.33 – Tools of the Trade
May 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Do you know how to properly use a keyboard? I’d say many of you type using the "hunt and peck" method. Over time, you think you’re proficient with a few fingers and know where the letters are, but the keyboard is designed to use all your fingers … [Continue reading]
Writing Lesson 2.32 – Pass the Action, Please!
May 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In its most basic form, a sentence consists of a noun and a verb, an actor and an action, someone doing something. Jesus wept. The cat sat. A quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. We can extend this action by adding a direct … [Continue reading]
Writing Lesson 2.31 – Putting the Bow on the Package
April 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
There's something tremendously fulfilling in the moment you finish writing your story. You sigh with pleasure or scream with joy because somehow you know it's the best one you've written. And through the sweat and sorting, you finished! But sooner or … [Continue reading]
