by Zoe M. McCarthy | May 11, 2017 | Writing
Circumlocution Writing that expresses something in a roundabout or indirect way, using many unnecessary words. Circumlocution can be understandable or unintelligible. Example A large portion of the class grabbed a goodly number of the assignments, far and beyond what...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jun 23, 2016 | Blogging
“Remember that writing faster and better is easy to do as long as you know what you want to say. Get a good main idea and the rest will fall into place.” — C. M. Smith “How to Write Better and Faster” Before You Write Content Faster 1. Ask, “What am I saying to...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Oct 29, 2015 | Writing
“It’s hard to see a middle ground between marking up your book line by line and doing a complete rewrite. It’s also hard to know what to fix in revision, and even harder to know when that process is finished.” —Gabriela Pereira In the September...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Oct 8, 2015 | Writing
“I huff and puff and struggle with every sentence, paragraph and page – sometimes every word as well.” — Aidan ChambersAsk these 6 questions about your paragraphs. I’ll use the following paragraph as an example.1Before the fateful telephone call, Ella put...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Aug 13, 2015 | Writing
“The process of critiquing other writers’ work thoughtfully and intelligently will help you strengthen your own writing.” — Melissa DonovanCritiquing is valuable to success…unless you find yourself in the wrong critique group.Use the following...