Kazuo Ishiguro wrote the bulk of The Remains of the Day in four weeks. All it took was extreme dedication—and a willingness to be terrible. In the way the sculpture or carpentry is a craft, writing is a craft.
Writing is a human art that one learns as one grows. This art tends to develop in as much as one commits some constant practice, time, energy, consciousness and a level of knowledge to it. There is a very
Here’s a question I get asked a lot: Daily blogging sounds like a good idea, but what should I write about? So, start here: Take an inventory. Get out a notebook and make a couple of lists. What are things
The following is a list of solutions to problems I have encountered repeatedly in my students’ formal writing, such as coursework, research papers, and literature surveys. It is a long list. People have a lot of problems. Some of
I will let you in on a secret — every great, mediocre and wannabe writer has a writing habit. And it is a major part of their success. Everyday, many writers wake up and find their way to do the most repetitive
Writing a police report may sound like something we may never want to wish ourselves. Most people pray never to have any business with the police, let alone write a report. Yes, this is understandable but since no one
Writing impromptu usually takes the form of any other form of writing. It starts off with a clear plan of what to do- the introduction, the body and of course, the conclusion. That is, writing of any kind must
Writing, while considered an everyday skill, can be daunting. It requires skill, patience and a lot of attention to detail. At some point, you are so tired that you cannot be sure that you are not making mistakes your
One of the oddities of the English language is that though many words have multiple synonyms, and we have words for many things we rarely refer to, one of the most ubiquitous concepts in American society has no name:
Sentences (and clauses) that begin with with are doomed to be weak. The following sentences suffer from this affliction; discussions describe how to improve the sentence, and revisions demonstrate the solutions. 1. With a quarter-billion-dollar industry possible, there is a real
