Remember the feeling of checking a result from the college board? You are overwhelmed, your legs and hands shaking from anxiety. You try your best to remain composed, as your professor admonishes. Once a congratulations is mouthed, you cannot contain…
Does word count really matter in novels? Word count does matter for a novel. Not only a novel but both fiction and nonfiction work alike. Knowing the length of the manuscript gives an insight into how to plan your writing routine. It…
President is a title that honors an office. Like titles, they are capitalized. Titles are proper nouns and they provide respect to the person they are referring to. However, what determines if a title is put in capital letters is…
Personalities are fascinating! Writers try their best to capture the essence of people’s character and that is applaudable. Some words come up when personalities are mentioned and they are extrovert and extravert. Recently, I saw a Facebook post with the word…
…and so fourth. You may think I started this piece with the wrong grammar but that is intentional. We read a lot of grammar errors from acclaimed writers. It is not their fault because they are genuinely oblivious to the correct…
Do the words “dialogue” and “dialog” have the same meaning but the only difference is in the spelling? Do they have different applications? These are some of the questions people have asked over the years. I thought differently as well…
Choosing the right point of view to tell a story is one of the most important choices a writer has to make. How much do you want the reader to feel like they know your characters? How much information do…
One of my biggest turnoffs when it comes to reading the works of other writers is encountering wrongly used words. The appearance is both uncomplicated and shows a total lack of competence in your usage of grammar. Learning how to…
One of the greatest accomplishments of every poet is to publish his own poetry book. Many write but not many have the confidence to go the route of publishing. Luckily, in this era, you don’t have to aim to become a bestseller…
Over and more than can be used interchangeably. Their meanings may not be the same, but they can still be used to replace each other. The main difference is that one makes the work have a formal tone, while the…