by Melissa Drumm |
An appendix is a section in the back of a nonfiction book where you can give supplementary or additional information not provided in the main text. The information in an appendix is not essential to understanding the rest of the book, but rather gives interested...
by Tom Corson-Knowles
Who or whom? These pesky pronouns have bedeviled writers for centuries. How do you know which one to use? Luckily, there are a few simple rules (and a nifty trick) that make it easier to figure out. Who is a Subject, Whom is an Object Since who and whom are pronouns,...
by Tom Corson-Knowles
Question: What do Rotten Tomatoes, Facebook, and The Big Bang Theory all have in common? Answer: They each demonstrate social proof in a unique fashion. I’ll elaborate. Rotten Tomatoes doesn’t write its own reviews for media like film and television; instead, it hosts...
by Tom Corson-Knowles
Looking for writing inspiration? As a wise man once said, “I saw a TED Talk on that once.” Since 1990, the media organization known simply as TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) has hosted an annual conference with presentations devoted to “Ideas worth spreading.”...
by Melissa Drumm |
If you’re writing a book and need to create an index, this article will tell you everything you need to know—from tips and tricks for identifying the best terms to include, to step-by-step instructions for using Microsoft Word’s indexing feature. An index is a...
