by sheza | Jan 29, 2021 | Blog, General Writing Tips
I wouldn’t call myself a commander (yes, that word is really in the dictionary ). But I have to admit that sometimes I am a little too attached to the punctuation mark with which you chop a sentence into pieces. When do you actually use a comma in the right way?...
by sheza | Jan 25, 2021 | Blog, General Writing Tips
Do you know what’s an auxiliary verb? In the first versions of my texts, a stubborn weed often grows. Sometimes I come across verbs in two or three places in a sentence, such as ‘will’, ‘could’, ‘should’, ‘go’, or...
by sheza | Jan 21, 2021 | Article Writing, Blog
What is sensory writing? When I opened my laptop at the Coffee Company last week, I overheard a snippet of conversation that had a strangely calming effect on me. A boy sitting next to me told a friend about his winter sport. But his story was not about skiing or...
by sheza | Jan 17, 2021 | Blog, General Writing Tips
Do not use unnecessary adjectives. That is one of the first lessons for people who want to write attractively. For example, Roald Dahl gives this tip in a letter from 1980, in which he advises one of his readers on attractive writing and the use of adjectives (that is...
by sheza | Jan 13, 2021 | Blog, General Writing Tips
This article is about prepositional phrases, but first I want to talk to you about a minor annoyance and an email from a scammer. Do you know the game hints? I personally think it is terrible. You have to portray the word without speaking, for example, apple or...
by sheza | Jan 9, 2021 | Blog, General Writing Tips
Finding synonyms? “You shouldn’t tell this any further,” a fellow journalist said to me recently. “But when I write an article and use the same word too often, I cheat a bit when looking for synonyms.” My interest was immediately piqued by that...
