Skip the boring parts! When I’m writing, I always find it best to write the bits I enjoy first, and slave over the middle bits …
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Writing Tip of the Week – May 6th
“It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of …
Writing Tip of the Week & New Class Schedule for May/June
I’m now offering a new class for beginners to give you a foundation of the 7 essential elements in good writing Starting May 15th & …
Writing Tip of the Week – April 22nd
Aloha, “Don’t include unnecessary details. While autobiographies are often written as chronological accounts of a person’s life, a memoir only includes events relating to the …
Writing Tip of the Week – April 15th
Watch out for these four commonly misused words. Some words in the English language take a constant beating. Be one of those writers who use …
Writing Tip of the Week – April 8th
Switching the view of a character without warning, “seeing” or “hearing” things our they are not privy to, or switching from one type of point …
Writing Tip of the Week – April 1st
“I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English – it is the modern …
Writing Tip of the Week – March 25th
Remember, when writing a memoir, don’t include unnecessary details. While autobiographies are often written as chronological accounts of a person’s life, a memoir only includes …
Writing Tip of the Week – March 18th
Remember this quote by Steve Jobs every time you start to write and think, “Who am I to think I can write a book.” Or, …
Writing Tip of the Week March 11th
Keep in mind that you have to hook your reader from the very beginning. Ask yourself, “ Is my most interesting, important material at the beginning?” …