by Zoe M. McCarthy | Oct 12, 2017 | Writing
Try this exercise and see if you can improve the example below containing weak words and phrases. You’ll replace them with stronger words, cut wordiness, and add power words to spice up the piece. Have fun. First, read the flavorless paragraph. The Weak Passage I went...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Oct 20, 2016 | Writing
What you can learn about dialogue from actual conversations is amazing. Exercise Recall a discussion you’ve had that contained conflict. Write the dialogue down as close to what was said as you can. I had this dialogue with my husband this morning: Me:...