by Cole Salao
The best writers create stories that linger in the mind. Some people look at the prose, while others focus on the format and style it was written in. And still, others praise how an author harnesses words to make powerful sentences. From a catchy opening line to a...
by Cole Salao
Sometimes people get their words twisted—which often results in funny speech errors. One such slip of the tongue is spoonerism, where the sounds of two or more words in a phrase are swapped. It is also called metaphasis or marrowsky. Spoonerisms usually happen by...
by Kaelyn Barron
Have you ever stopped midway through a page just to marvel at the beauty of a single, perfect sentence? And I don’t mean grammatically or structurally perfect—in fact, it might have broken every rule of punctuation you were taught in school. What I mean is that...
by Cole Salao
You’ve watched this kind of ending before: Just before a critical event in the story, the screen suddenly cuts to black and the end credits roll. You’re forced to wait until the next part of the story to learn what happens next. This is a cliffhanger, and...
by Cole Salao
Have you ever made predictions about yourself that later came true? You’re no master of fate, but sometimes you’ll find it surprising how accurate you can be. It’s not a superpower, but a phenomenon called a self-fulfilling prophecy. Simply put,...
by Cole Salao |
Have you ever sung along to a song, only to discover later that you’ve been singing the wrong lyrics? It takes years until you realize this, and when you do, you smack yourself for such a silly mistake. People do this all the time. And it’s not just in...
