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Cheat. Drop some letters/syllables. It's true, in po'try, it cannae be changed (Feels like "can" needs another unstressed after it, doesn't it?)
Your co-writer is a pain in the tuchus. I am sorry you have to put up with this annoying quirk of writing. That being said, I found two references so far: The Oxford Dictionaries: Bullet poin...
In some of them you can just drop the "I think." You can also use dialect, slang, or regionalisms. You can do it. In my opinion, you can do it. You really should take a break. Yo...
Introducing your story like this is no problem, however if C is normally unrelated to the story you may consider the first chapter not being a de facto chapter and call it an introduction/prologue ...
Reality is often more complex than our document structures can easily capture. Most of the solutions to this issue simply make the text structures more complex without making the meaning any more c...
The short answer is that there is no right answer. The hardest word choice in any book is the handful of words that make up the title. And if I were allowed to give advice then the advice I would g...
I am reminded of the anecdote about Dustin Hoffman torturing himself for Marathon Man because he was a "Method" actor, so he'd look as tortured as his character. Lawrence Olivier looked at him and ...
It does impact how you write, and possibly your ability to write, but not always in a predictable or positive sense. At first it might seem that it's easier to write about a particular emotion whe...
If you must go with one of those, I would go with the first one. It just seems to go more smoothly. However, in order to PERFECT the sentence, you may want to try a different technique than simil...
What do you do if you enjoy writing, but have no ideas? A few ideas: technical writing any form of nonfiction edit other people's stories I don't really do unrestrained creativity, I ne...
Take some very generic, very simple, completely trivial and trite theme - something entirely unoriginal - and try to write it best to your ability... no, not even best, just adequately, correctly. ...
If you really don't care what you write, it's easy to come up with ideas. Lately this is all I need to get started: Character + setting + problem. This is from an old "seven-point plot outline" t...
In either case, there's something missing — or maybe it's because the sentence is out of context. Just to say someone washed his hands like a surgeon is insufficient; you need more detail. "He scru...
This question reminds me of Dan Heller's advice about getting started in the photography business. He's talking about a different situation (photography apprenticeship), but he makes a point that a...
Assuming you want to write non technical stuff, I think the best way is to start writing. I'm not kidding, even without ideas, doing nothing is a GREAT way to never get an idea. Inertia is true to ...
But coming up with the idea in the first place was just a happy accident. You are far from alone. Every time I've sat down and said to myself "Okay, think of an idea for a new story," I inevi...
Try writing some hard sci-fi, or historical fiction, or alternate history. They require the kind of research, analysis, etc. that you enjoy. Personally, I like the freeware FreeMind for organizin...
Instead of a looking for a single expression, consider the cases individually. If you can show us that it's black (pitch- or otherwise), you won't need to tell us. Consider: Pine resin cloake...
Read their newspapers. There are a surprising number of local newspapers that have been lovingly uploaded by now that can provide a real insight into life in former times.
Does the publication in question have relevant style guidelines? (I'm assuming not or you wouldn't be asking here.) In your proposed solution, you are using both formatting and (initial) explicit...
There are, essentially, two choices here. Which is used would depend on the book, the complexity of the story, and how culturally French these section are. The translated text could simply all be...
If you want to write like a native speaker, try to read a variety of texts and learn to use phrasal verb and idioms. Most of the time, we are exposed to the formal English language in news channel ...
Here are some: •midnight black •shadow black •black •black like ink
The following options may be helpful for avoiding overuse of specific noun-adjective pairs: Replace the noun with another noun which has a similar relationship to the adjective. This is the simp...
Show the guy who modified it leading a training session to teach others how to use it. Doesn't have to be a classroom setting; it could be on-the-job or in-the-field. This gives you plenty of oppor...
