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Third Person Pronouns
In this final article on pronouns I will be addressing pronouns used for third person. Pronouns take the place of nouns which means that third person pronouns do the same thing. They take the place of people, but these pronouns do not include first ...
Giving Constructive Criticism
It’s a well-known fact that writers need to develop a thick skin to be in this business. I agree with that, but there are many great writers out there who’ve been demoralized by rude (deconstructive) critiques of their work. In working a...
Writing Down the Blues (and Boredom)
Do you ever feel the lack-luster of the writing life? It can be a lonely profession, especially if you write non-fiction. Fiction writers have it a little easier because they’re always in good company with their characters. I get the best (and...
Pronouns Are Fun Too
Most of us already know how to use pronouns and don’t have any problems writing other than the occasional spelling mistake or the lack of creative words, but some people have a difficult time. Grammar is not very interesting, yes I understand ...
Is Your Newsletter Compelling Enough?
How many newsletters do you sign up for in a month? How many do you unsubscribe from in the same month because the content just isn’t good? I’ve read hundreds of articles about sending out newsletters and the main advice in these article...
Your Blog: A Few Notes For Survival
Blogging Tips is all about tips to help your blog thrive. There are marketing tips, writing tips, application tips, and plugins. There is even useful information on this site about more technical things such as coding, links, SEO, and software. It&#...
To Boldly Go Where No Split Infinitive Has Gone Before
I’ve never given it much thought, but being a writer and a bit eccentric, I thought it’d be fun to look at split infinitives. It seems splitting infinitives annoy some people, while poets and song writers can use them quite often and the...
Conjunction, Junction, What’s Your Function: Part 2
Written by Patricia Vennes from Writer's RantsWhen writing, whether for your blog or for personal reasons, conjunctions are grammatical tools that you use all of the time. Understanding the functions of these conjunctions (yes, that was pretty ...
Parkinson’s Law
Written by Patti Stafford from Patti StaffordI didn’t plan to write about Time Management today, but I do want to discuss something that struck my interest today. I often have too many topics that I want to cover (which in itself, is a form of...
Active and Passive
Last week I touched upon showing your readers what you have to say rather than just telling them the information as though they are just spectators. Several people made some interesting comments about this topic. One reader said that it was “much ...
Show, Don’t Tell
Writers always hear the saying “Show, don’t tell”. Great advise, but most of the time there isn’t sufficient information to back up this advice to make it click. When writing your blog you want to show your readers what’s happe...
Why Improving & Increasing Vocabulary is Important
Are you happy with your vocabulary? I mean really happy with it? Or does it leave you feeling like you’re missing something the rest of the word has a grasp on? Are you intimidated when you hear other people use big, fancy words that you aren&...
Finding Your Wasted Time – Time Management Series – Part 1
Do you find yourself running out of time more than you should? How often are you stuck time-crunching a deadline? I’ve been looking into my own time management, or mismanagement as it sometimes feels, and thought other bloggers, writers or peo...
Using Wordpress as a Creative Writing Inspirational Tool
Wordpress is probably the most widely used blogging platform available today. It’s loaded with tons of features, widgets, plugins, and it’s extremely versatile and customizable. Most bloggers will agree that Wordpress is simply the best. ...
Comma, Comma, Comma Chameleon: Common Comma Rules, Part 1
Many of you may catch the title’s reference to the 80’s song Karma Chameleon by Boy George. In fact, for a long time, I thought he was actually saying comma instead of karma. Often times, comma rules do seem to be a bit elusive like the e...
Your or You’re
I am not a great speller. Hard to believe with the many errors blog commenter’s find on all of my blog posts, sarcasm if you couldn’t detect, but it’s true: I suck at spelling. But that’s okay. Why? Because no matter how many ...
The Blogging World is Coming to an End!
Life as a blogger is coming to an end! What will we do? Just kidding. Blogging will be around forever just like this global warming stuff has been. But your blog can come to an end and you need to be prepared! Sometimes when you update WordPress, or ...
Add Travel Writing to Your Bucket List
I haven’t done any travel writing (other than some local pieces), but the option has always appealed to me and is looking very nice at this point in my life and career. If you do any traveling at all, there’s no reason you can’t wri...
A Few Tips On Paragraph Length
In recent articles I’ve covered The Four Types of Sentences and Their Purpose, Sentence Structure and Coordination, and Write Better Paragraphs by Using Patterns of Development. I was recently asked to cover the topic of paragraph length. There...
