Emotional Impact: The Secret to Great Writing
Emotional Impact Makes the Story Everyone wants to know the secret to great writing. There’s one overriding fact about writing …Read More
Instructor-MentorAugust 12, 2020 
Redundancies—A No-no For Writers
Beware Redundant Word Groups Redundant writing is more than just saying the same thing twice. There are redundant word groups …Read More
Instructor-MentorAugust 12, 2020 
Six Errors That Will Kill Your Dialog
Watch Out For These: 1. Using adverbs in a dialogue tag. If a line contains underlying emotion strong enough, an …Read More
Instructor-MentorMay 18, 2020 
Writing That Would Impress Hemingway
“If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing, he may omit things he knows, and the …Read More
Instructor-MentorJanuary 29, 2018 
Creative Writing is Not Reporting
You’ve heard, “Kill your darlings.” Well, I’m here to tell you to “Murder the myth.” Every writer I meet or …Read More
Instructor-MentorMarch 30, 2017 
To Illustrate or Not to Illustrate Your Children’s Book?
Everyone who is writing a children’s book erroneously believe that illustrations must accompany the manuscript. They are wrong. The answer …Read More
Instructor-MentorMarch 30, 2017