by Tom Corson-Knowles |
As an author, what’s the number one question people ask you about your writing? For me, that question is, “What is your book about?” It’s often a puzzlingly difficult question to answer with any sort of brevity. That sounds nutty, doesn’t it? I wrote the darn thing...
by Tom Corson-Knowles
Pronouns help us avoid the cumbersome repetition of words. They stand in for nouns that we’ve introduced. Imagine if we didn’t have the pronouns “you” and “me.” Instead of asking your friend Tom if he wants to go to the movies with...
by Tom Corson-Knowles |
We’ve all been there. You’re all set up for a day of writing: you’ve got your comfy pants on, your favorite drink at your side, and your chillest writing playlist is pumping. Then you open up a fresh Word document and—BAM! You hit a brick wall. And no matter what you...
by Tom Corson-Knowles
These two words sound the same, but do they have the same meaning? The debate of whether to use “flier” or “flyer” is an illustration of variant spellings that have evolved in parallel over time. Other examples are: Gray and grey Traveling and travelling Judgment and...
by Tom Corson-Knowles
Colloquialisms are elements of speech commonly used and understood in a particular region or geography. Unlike slang and jargon, they are not limited to people in specific age groups (teens, college students), professions (doctors, engineers), or culture (theater,...
