by Cole Salao
The sharing economy, a peer-to-peer-based method of selling, buying, and giving resources under a community-focused platform, is slowly proving to be popular. One element that has grown popular with this economic model is the concept of co-working spaces (or shared...
by Cole Salao
Chekhov’s gun is a dramatic principle suggesting that every element you add to a story must contribute to the whole. It was introduced by Russian playwright and short story master Anton Chekhov, who said: “Remove everything that has no relevance to the...
by Cole Salao
A portmanteau (pronounced: port-mahn-tow) is the combination of multiple words to create a new word. The concept was first introduced by author Lewis Carroll in his novel Through the Looking Glass, in which Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice how words can be combined:...
by Cole Salao
Africa boasts a rich history and culture, so it’s no wonder that literature originating from this continent can be so diverse. The continent regularly produces poets, novelists, and artists of a high caliber. There is a vibrancy to African literature that is...
by Yen Cabag
As a student or writer, you know that you don’t want to commit plagiarism. But did you know that when you change a few words here and there from a passage that somebody else wrote, it may still be a form of plagiarism? When a revised passage remains too close to...
