“Kill Your Darlings” The idea of writing yourself into a corner probably sounds like a bad idea. A kind of confinement. Nowhere to go. But restrictions in writing can be helpful, especially if you need help learning how to write more concisely. Writing concisely is as much about word choice Read more…
Writing, Dogs, Family, and Collaboration I decided I wanted to be a writer when I was six years old. Or possibly even earlier than that–as soon as I could write words and form sentences. I still have a lot of the writing I did as a five- and six-year-old–silly ramblings, Read more…
Commas: Small but Potent I’ve previously written about the semicolon and its misuse. The comma is yet another punctuation mark that begs for understanding. From my experiences as a workshop facilitator, a teacher, and as a proofreader and editor, I’ve concluded that the comma gets overused and underused at about Read more…