Long distance relationships are difficult, but 7000Apart how found a way to span the distance. And music is a part of their story. On this week’s episode of HTWG, I have the honor to host the musical duo 7000 Apart. Not only a musical duo, they are husband and wife, and we talk about everything […]
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Paragraphs convey a single idea or experience. Some think this is the case for sentences, but I think this is the function of the paragraph. On this week’s episode of How to Write Good, I talk about how paragraphs should be used to convey ideas. How should sentences fit into specific paragraphs? How should paragraphs
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Every writing tool is useful. Many disregard certain parts of speech in writing. But if something exists in the language, I think it is there for a reason. One of my biggest pet peeves in writing is when a writer tells me I shouldn’t do something or use a specific word, whether this writer is
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Use the reader’s imagination. Writing is an amazing artform because it requires readers to engage with the text. The reader is part of the process. We have gone through the first five and most important rules for writing. Now, we continue by talking about rules that apply to creative writing more specifically. For Rule #6,
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If you can’t see it, you can’t make your readers see it. If you can’t see it, you can’t write about it, so it’s important to know what you are conveying. For Rule #5, I talk about the necessity of knowing what you are talking about when you are writing. If you want to write
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Appeal to the senses. We exist within a world of senses. We can certainly convey things without using them, but it is much easier if we use this tool. Rule #4 makes its debut on How to Write Good this week. Why is it so much better to read something that is describing something you
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People have short memories. I, myself, have the memory of a goldfish. When writing, it’s important to take this into consideration. . .Now where was I going? My third writing rule on this week’s episode of How to Write Good. Why does it matter that people have short memories? Join me as I talk about
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Grammar serves meaning. It is a simple phrase, but sometimes we end up in situations where we force our writing into formal grammar that clouds meaning. On this week’s episode of How to Write Good, I continue with my second rule: Grammar serves meaning, where I talk about everything from creoles, pidgins, babies babbling, grammar
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Writing follows language. If there is anything to focus on first when developing your writing, this should be the first thing you think of. In this episode of #howtowritegood, I am a hypocrite. Though I promised that I would never tell anyone how to write, I am presenting my rules for writing. With these rules,
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Why do people like horror? Join us as Peter Laws, a horror writer, explains why he believes people connect to the horror genre. Author Peter Laws joins me on this episode of How to Write Good, and we discuss why people enjoy getting scared (which really doesn’t make much sense to me at all). Find
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