by Yen Cabag |
The beautiful thing about writing is that the narrator doesn’t always have to be you, or even someone like you. As an author, you can imagine someone totally different telling your story—perhaps someone of a different country, a different time period, or even a...
by Yen Cabag |
Book reports are a common requirement for students, all the way from elementary school to university. Knowing how to write them will help you finish your assignment a lot faster, and also give you a better chance of wowing your instructors. Book reports don’t have to...
by Yen Cabag |
When you read magazines, stories, or blog posts, you’ll sometimes come across a detailed description of a short scene from someone’s life. These snippets may capture only a single moment of a long life, but they can also capture your attention and make you...
by Yen Cabag |
The same words, set to music, are generally easier to memorize than their non-melodic counterparts. The power of a song comes not just in the catchy tune and lyrics that we can relate to; the process of repeating different elements several times adds to the way we can...
by Yen Cabag
When communicating in English, you may notice that not all words fall neatly into the eight parts of speech (which are nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections). One of these words that falls outside those eight...
by Yen Cabag |
A great story will sweep you away into the world of its characters—from the struggles they endure, to their thought processes and reactions to everything that happens. The point of view (POV) that a writer chooses will affect how readers experience the story. If...
