February 20th, 2009
There are a multitude of texts covering self editing, but few extend their landing struts and come right down to earth with simple, practical techniques. Here is one very simple technique to give your writing more punch.
I regularly read about the danger of too frequent use of passive language in writing. We use passive language [...]
June 10th, 2008
One of my major stumbling blocks in quenching my creative writing thirst has been style. Not only has it taken years to come to terms with my personal style, it has also been a journey to understanding how style can affect the worlds we create in words. But a deliberate choice of style has its [...]
April 11th, 2008
There are two ambitious, inexperienced, but capable writers under this roof. Each has their own projects, and each project is so very different in style, scope, and planned result.
Traveling in the car a few weeks ago, jEN and I got talking about our individual writing projects. The discussion mainly centred about how different our methodologies, [...]