Writing 101: Paragraph Length

Writing 101: Paragraph Length

Whenever I tried to help my daughter with papers she was assigned in college, she always felt uncomfortable with my tendency for shorter paragraphs. I usually compromised with her, but with a reminder: In English class we’re subjected to rules that don’t always translate to writing for publication. Writing Tip for Today: Is there an […]

NaNoWriMo? Avoid These Five Common Mistakes

NaNoWriMo? Avoid These Five Common Mistakes

During November, many writers are busy pounding the keys, furiously banging out a new novel. We’re ten days into NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), and the challenge is to produce 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days or fewer. Getting from zero to fifty-thousand (words, that is) in thirty days is a challenge, but Grammarly.com wants […]

Know Your Lays from Your Lies

Know Your Lays from Your Lies

Today, Melchior the Very Large Cat is banging his kitty-sized gong, campaigning for all original content. “I tried Grammarly’s plagiarism checker free of charge because it never pays to steal someone else’s meeses.” All but the most grammarly of us has made a mistake in writing the English language. We lay when we should lie […]