Writing Clean Sentences

Writing Clean Sentences

Ernest Hemingway was a famous minimalist in his writing—he knew that clean sentences convey info, action and emotions to readers. Writing Tip for Today: Here are some tips for writing clean sentences: Need to Know Every sentence you write must communicate some kind of information. Whether you’re describing, showing action or developing your characters, you […]

Writing Better Descriptions

Writing Better Descriptions

Oliver’s up a tree. In my classes, feedback about student writing often comes with the comment, “Very descriptive.” Yet if pressed, most new writers can’t really say what “descriptive” means. Does it help imagine the story world? Bring characters into focus? Writing Tip for Today: Fiction demands a certain amount of “describing” in order to […]