by Zoe M. McCarthy | Nov 2, 2017 | Writing
“Your goal is to entice your reader to read the next paragraph. The worst way for your reader to leave each paragraph is reading a vague word, such as his, it, with, there, or was. These words leave the reader with no gist of the paragraph’s meaning or how he should...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jul 24, 2014 | Creating, Writing
“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” —Orson Welles In an earlier post, I talked about backloading sentences, paragraphs, and scenes. Meaningful words at the end of these leave the reader with what’s important. And...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Apr 10, 2014 | Writing
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” — Albert Einstein Do many of your sentences and paragraphs end with words, such as “his,” “it,” “with,” or “was”? If yes, you’ve left your reader with a dull word. It gives him...