by Kaelyn Barron
The passive voice is often villainized by editors and identified by grammar software as a bad writing habit that should be avoided. While it’s true that the active voice can make your writing stronger and more direct, the passive voice isn’t necessarily a grammatical...
by Kaelyn Barron |
The way your words are interpreted can be significantly influenced by your syntax, or the way your words are arranged in a sentence. Along with diction, syntax can help establish a tone and rhythm in your writing to highlight certain themes or ideas. What is Syntax?...
by Kaelyn Barron |
Wondering whether or not you should spell out the numbers in your school report, novel, or blog? It can be difficult to keep the rules straight, especially when we see different styles used all across the internet or in our casual correspondences. But we’ve...
by Kaelyn Barron |
“He’s such a dog!” “This place feels like home.” “Her face was a ray of sunshine.” If each of these statements brought to mind certain feelings or ideas, it’s because each one carries a different connotation. For...
by Joana Regulacion
Science Fiction, or “sci-fi,” is a genre of speculative fiction that typically embraces imaginative and futuristic concepts, such as advanced science and technology, time travel, futuristic settings, and imagined elements. If you want to write the next...
by Kaelyn Barron
Writing a novel is no easy task. It can take countless hours, endless cups of coffee, and more than a few drafts to get it right. But there is one thing you can do to save yourself some headaches: outlining. Creating an outline before starting your first draft will...
