Image by Orna Wachman from Pixabay When Grammarly hit the internet, making the tool available for bloggers, I was exuberant with hope. My frequent typos would vanish. When I downloaded LibreOffice and discovered one of the extension tools was LanguageTool, I was elated because I wouldn’t have to write a draft of my post online … Continue reading Grammarly vs LanguageTool
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Exposition in Story
Image by Anne Karakash from Pixabay I took Exposition in Literature while in college, which lead me to believe that it was an academic technique, nothing more. Since I’ve become more earnest about the writing craft though, I have come across many scholastic terms that have the same or deeper meaning in the professional realm … Continue reading Exposition in Story
Subtext and Stadium Blankets
A couple of weeks ago, I traveled to my email inbox to see what blogs had something new on them. It came to mind, peering at the email addresses, I wasn’t finding much interest in several of them anymore. Why did this happened? I’m quite certain it’s because I’ve made a resultant step in my … Continue reading Subtext and Stadium Blankets
Receptivity
Image by Katerwursty from Pixabay One of the beta readers who I chose for this first go-a-round of assessment with my manuscript finished her task and sent her report back. She had plenty to say to me about how I could improve it, which is what I wanted. Needless to say, I’m elated to have … Continue reading Receptivity
one word
Image by Fathromi Ramdlon from Pixabay I learned how to type when I was in the 9th grade. Mrs. Pope said we should learn how to think in phrases because it would elevate the number of words we typed per minute. It made sense to me so I tried my best to think in those … Continue reading one word
Thoughts in Print 